Hallaig

Due to a technical issue on the 'Hallaig', serving on the route Sconser-Raasay, on July 17, the scheduled 07:55 a.m. sailing departing from Raasay and the 08:25 a.m. sailing departing from Sconser had to be cancelled. The ship was sidelined in Raasay for repairs. While the investigations into the issue were ongoing, also the the 08:55 a.n. sailing departing Raasay and the 09:25 a.m. sailing departing Sconser were cancelled. After troubleshooting, the ferry returned to service with a delayed 08:55 a.m. sailing departing from the port of Raasay. The 'Hallaig' operated a shuttle service. The vessel intended to go back to timetable at 12:15 p.m.

Pending attendance of shore-based engineers, weather restrictions have been placed on the 'Hallaig', serving on the route Raasay-Sconser, on Feb 2, 2025.In order to provide additional capacity, the 'Hallaig' operated the following additional sailings: Departure Raasay – 09:00 a.m. Departure Sconser – 09:30 a.m. After engineers have attended the ship, and the technical issue has been resolved, the service resumed with the departure from Raasay at 04:30 p.m. and at 5:00 p.m. from Sconser.

The 'Hallaig', which had suffered a battery failure and was taken out of service in Raasay on Sep 7, 2023, has been forced to run exclusively on diesel fuel for some time and will continue to do so well into the year 2025. Officials expected repairs to the battery to be completed no earlier than April 2025, at a cost of 1,5 million Euros.