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Thursday 6 October 2022
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Corran Ferry
Operated by Highland Council, the Corran Ferry is one of few remaining scheduled mainland vehicle ferries in Scotland. The route crosses Loch Linnhe from Nether Lochaber to Ardgour, at the Corran Narrows, 9 miles south of Fort William.
Monday 3 October 2022
Saturday 1 October 2022
NLV Pole Star
NLV Pole Star is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pole Star was completed in 2000 by Ferguson Shipbuilders on the River Clyde. She is the fourth NLB vessel to carry the name and replaced the 37-year-old MV Fingal. In memory of this vessel, Pole Star has a workboat onboard named Fingal.
She is seen here at Oban
Information courtesy of Wikipedia
Friday 30 September 2022
PETROJARI FOINAVEN
Petrojari Foinaven at Hunterson for removal of equipment and BP signage she will then sail to Denmark to be scrapped.
The vessel was operated by BP for twenty five years off the coast of Shetland.
Thursday 29 September 2022
LE DUMONT D'URVILLE
French cruise ship Le Dumont-d'Urville is the fourth ship of the Ponant Explorers class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of a famous French explorer.
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