Argyle

The 'Argyle', serving on the route Wemyss Bay - Rothesay, suffered a technical issue with the aft engine on the morning of Feb 5. As a consequence, the scheduled departures from Rotheseay at 07:05 a.m., 09:05 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and from Wemyss Bay at 08:05 a.m., 10:05 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. were cancelled., with the remainder of the scheduled crossings following. On Feb 6, the repairs and sea trials were ongoing and as a result, the following sailings wre cancelled: Departure Rothesay - 07:05 a.m., 09:05 a.m.; Departuire Wemyss Bay 0805 a.m.,10:05 a.m. If the sea trials were successful, the ferry was expected to resume its service with the departure at 11:00 a.m. from from Rothesay.

The 'Argyle', serving on the route Wemyss Bay-Rothesay, suffered a technical issue, which was affecting the aft engine control, on Feb 3, 2026, which required further investigations. As a consequence, , the scheduled departures from Rothesay at 5:00 p.m. and 07:00 p.m. and from Wemyss Bay at 6:05 p.m. amd 08.05 p.m. were cancelled. On the morning of Feb 4, the issue has been resolved, and the ferry resumed service as timetabled.

The 'Argyle', serving on the route Wemyss Bay-Rothesay, suffere dan issue with the sewage system on Sep 26, that required further investigation. As a consequence, the following sailings have been cancelled: - Departure Wemyss Bay 10:05 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.; - Departure Rothesay 11:00 a.m. A further update was to be provided as soon as possible.

On June 8, the 'Argyle', serving on the route Wemyss Bay-Rothesay, suffered technical issue with the aft main engine, which needed to be investigated. As a consequence, the scheduled departures from Rothesay at 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and05:00 p.m. and fromtWemyss Bay at 2:05 p.m., 4:05 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. had to be cancelled. After the issue was resolved and folliowing a sea trial, the vessel finally resumed its service with the scheduled 7:00 p.m. sailing departing from Rothesay.

On the morning of March 3, 2025, the 'Argyle', sailing on the route Wemyss Bay-Rothesay, suffered a technical issue which needed to be investigated at the quay in Wemyss Bay. As a consequence, the scheduled departure from the port at 07:15 a.m. was delayed.

n order to carry out a full repair of the forward engine, the 'Argyle' required the attendance of shore engineers to fit and replace spare parts on Dec 20. As a result, the following sailings have been cancelled: Departures from Rothesay – 07:05 a.m., 09:05 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:05 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and from Wemyss Bay at 08:05 a.m., 10:05 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 6:05 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. The fery 'Bute' will operate the following sailings: Departures from Rothesay at 06:25 a.m., 08:05 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and from Wemyss Bay at 07:15 a.m., 09:05 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:05 p.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. The last departures of the day will be at 6:00 p.m. from Rothesay and 7:05 p.m. from Wemyss Bay. The technical issue with the ship has been resolved on Dec 23. Therefore, normal two-vessel service resumed from 1.:05 p.m. from Wemyss Bay.