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Design work has been commissioned for a new passenger ferry to serve on the Gourock, Dunoon and Kilcreggan routes.
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The lightweight foot passenger-only boats which replaced robust car ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings since coming into service.
(Permalink) Cancelation Dunoon Gourock ![]() Gourock Pier: The second of the two modern passenger ferries now plying the Dunoon - Gourock route see image [[39241]] is the [[MV Ali Cat]], seen here on 1 June 2012 having just pulled away from Gourock Pier. ![]() Gourock Pier: One of the two modern passenger ferries now handling the Dunoon - Gourock route, [[MV Argyll Flyer]], berthed at Gourock pier alongside the recently rebuilt station in October 2011. There is no longer a vehicle service on this route. See image [[28925]] |
The managing director of Western Ferries has hailed the resilience of its operations amid the challenges posed by the pandemic, as the privately-owned company behind the Gourock to Dunoon service deals with the prospect of a further major lockdown to suppress surging rates of coronavirus.
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Thames Clippers and New York water taxis have been used as examples in planning new ferries for Dunoon and Kilcreggan, [...]
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The idea of a pontoon for ferries at Dunoon has been revived again.
(Permalink) Dunoon Gourock Kilcreggan ![]() Kilcreggan Pier: Kilcreggan Pier, with its surviving signalling tower, on 30th July 2017. In the background the 112,000T Caribbean Princess departs Greenock on a British Isles cruise, next stop Invergordon. ![]() Kilcreggan Pier: SPT's MV Island Princess heads from Kilcreggan Pier to Gourock in July 2016. |