New Islay Vessel Islay - Second Online Community Meeting 23 March 2021

In April 2018, Scottish Ministers announced that Islay would be next in line for a new ferry to replace the MV Hebridean Isles. The new ferry will complement MV Finlaggan, although it will be designed with a clear focus on freight, and sufficient passenger accommodation will be designed to meet anticipated demand.
We held a second virtual community meeting on Tuesday 23 March 2021 to provide communities with an update on work completed to date and to invite views from the community.

[@chrisjohnson3946]

What will happen to the MV Hebridean Isles once the new ferry is in service. Furthermore, what are the plans for MV Caledonian Isles and MV Hebrides after they are replaced on their current routes?

[@paulheenan9098]

Not sure about Hebridean Isles, but Caledonian Isles is being relegated to secondary vessel on the Arran route (replacing Isle of Arran) while there is talk about Hebrides moving to Oban to replace Coruisk as the secondary Mull vessel.