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MV Lochinvar

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can accommodate 150 passengers, 23 cars or 2 HGVs. She has a service speed of 9 kn (17 km/h) and is powered by small diesel generator sets, feeding power to a 400-volt switchboard, which supplies power to electric propulsion motors that turn the propulsion units. In addition, two
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route. She is one of only three passenger and vehicle roll-on, roll-off ferries in the world to incorporate a low-carbon hybrid system of diesel electric and lithium-ion battery power and is the second hybrid ferry commissioned and owned by
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The vessel design and power configuration will additionally realise 19-24% savings of power input to the propulsion units over a conventional diesel mechanical solution reducing Carbon Dioxide, Sulphur Oxide and Nitrous Oxide emissions.
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from Tarbert as part of the winter timetable, and also saw service relieving for other vessels in the CalMac fleet as they went for annual dry-docking. In January 2015 and January 2017, she relieved on the Largs - Cumbrae route so that
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is only the second commercial ship to be fully built and delivered on the Clyde in over five years. The Scottish Government has invested more than £20 million in the project and the
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and be named after Scottish literature. Hundreds of people voted for the name and Lochinvar received over 55 per cent of the votes cast, with the name reflecting the poem by
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to become the second Oban - Craignure ferry. This reshuffling of the Mallaig fleet was widely criticised due to the reduced capacity offered by
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banks with a total of 700 kWh are also available to supply power to the units, reducing fuel and CO
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consumption by at least 20%. The battery banks will be charged overnight from the mains.
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to take on the role as primary vessel for the Mallaig - Armadale service.
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and inadequate passenger accommodation. Calls were made to retain
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Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
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39.99 m (131 ft 2 in) (Between Perpendiculars)
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Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research
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The names of all ships in the hybrid fleet will follow
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3 × Volvo Penta Marine D13 MG and Lithium Ion batteries
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service. Instead, she has taken over sailings between
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Initially, she operated between 291:12.2 m (40 ft 0 in) 14: 307:5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) 299:1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 1815: 41: 21: 1750:Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 1740:Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 456:was launched on 23 May 2013 at 1852:Ships built on the River Clyde 1590:Scotland–Norway interconnector 1: 1783:European Marine Energy Centre 1646:Communities & individuals 1585:Pelamis Wave Energy Converter 1580:Oyster wave energy converter 589:from April 2016, partnering 336:2x Voith 16 R5 EC/90-1 Units 1668:Kingdom Housing Association 1555:Projects & technologies 574:could go for her overhaul. 445:, entered service in 2016. 247:vehicle and passenger ferry 1873: 1745:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 558:. 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United Kingdom
Scottish Gaelic
Lochinvar
Caledonian Maritime Assets
Caledonian MacBrayne
Glasgow
Lochaline
Fishnish
Ferguson Shipbuilders
Mrs Patricia Platten
IMO number
9652844
MMSI number
235099237
Callsign
Hybrid ro-ro
GT
DWT
Scottish Gaelic
Caledonian MacBrayne
Tarbert
Portavadie
Mallaig
Armadale
Lochaline
Fishnish
Caledonian Maritime Assets
MV Hallaig

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