Loch-Seaforth

The 'Loch Seaforth', serving on the route Ullapool.Stornoway, suffered a technical issue impacting the bow ramp, on Oct 5. As a consequence, the discharge of vehicles in Stornoway after the arrival at 2:15 p.m. was delayed, also affecting the scheduled 3 p.m. departure to Ullapool. Due to the requirement to operate the ramp manually, the ferry departed Stornoway at 4:38 p.m. with an ETA at Ullapool as of 7:30 p.m. Due to a knock-on delay from the technical issues,the departed Stornoway on Oct 6 at 08:12 a.m., 72 minutes late, with an ETA in Ullapool as of 10:52 a.m. The freight service had departed Ullapool at 04:20 a.m., 90 minutes late, with an ETA at Stornoway as of 07:00 a.m.

The 'Loch Seaforth', serving on the route Ullapool-Stornoway, notified the Stornoway Coastguard on the morning of Sep 8, en route to Ullapool, due to a medical emergency on board. The response was affecting the arrival time in Ullapool. The ETA in Ullapool was now 10:20 a.m.

On June 6, the port side passenger lifts on board the 'Loch Seaforth', serving on the route Ullapool-Stornoway, were out of operation. The starboard side lifts remained in use. However, waiting times were expected to be extended. All foot passengers were asked to check-in no later than 45 minutes prior to the scheduled departure of the ferry thus. The issue still persisted on June 10. On June 13 the port side passenger lifts have been succsessfully repaired and were back in operation.

The 'Loch Seaforth', serving on the route Ullapool-Stornoway, suffered an issue with the vessel's generator that required further investigation on May 11. As a consequence, the ferry departed Ullapool at 7:13 p.m., more than 40 minutes late). The issue has since been resolved.

Due to a technical issue of the 'Loch Seaforth ', serving on the route Ullapool-Stornoway, on April 17, that required further investigations, the scheduled deaprture at 10:30 a.m. frm Ullapool and the departure from Stornoway at 2 p.m. have been cancelled. After the technical issue has been resolved, the service was resumed with the 5:30 p.m. sailing departing Ullapool.