A new ferry ship, the Pentalina, is currently heading north up the Minch, as shown in this AIS [Automatic Ship Identification] screenshot from 5.38pm this evening.
The catamaran is capable of carrying 350 passengers and 32 to 58 cars as well as 9 lorries. She is yet to be fitted out completely. The ship was built in the Philippines and has safely negotiated the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden on Friday. She is expected to arrive in Orkney waters tomorrow.
Pentalina will take up the run between Gills Bay on the northern coast of mainland Scotland and St Margaret's Hope in Orkney, a crossing that will take her 45 minutes.
Complete change of subject ,(the results of having a grasshopper brain ) Have you read any of Lilian Beckwiths books ? ...love Janxx
ReplyDeleteThat looks a super ship Guido. I hope she fairs well throughout her life on the ocean waves.
ReplyDeleteShame she had to be built in the Philippines.
Jeanie
Looking forward to booking a passage on her next spring with new caravan in tow. That is my preferred crossing to Orkney.
ReplyDeleteAmazing photo of the ship.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Rose
What a beautiful water craft. Linda in WA
ReplyDeleteShe looks pretty nifty...Shame they had to build her in the philipinnes...Sometimes i wish they wouldn't just think of money but the good building in this country would do to the economy full stop
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