Arran ferry: No services as sailings cancelled due to Covid

The sailings were cancelled after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus in the land-based port office.

The following sailings have been cancelled: Departing Ardrossan: 1230, 1520 and 1800 Departing Brodick: 1355, 1640 and 1920. 

There will be no sailings on the Brodick to Ardrossan route for the rest of the day.

The ferry company have now brought pier staff from Brodick on the island over to the mainland to allow for the vessels to operate when they arrive in Ardrossan.

CalMac have said there are not enough staff to operate the existing service so have cancelled the remaining sailings for today.

🔶AMBER #Ardrossan #Brodick 10Oct Due to operational reasons arising from a positive covid result in the Ardrossan Port Office, The following sailings have been cancelled:
Departing Ardrossan: 1230, 1520 & 1800
Departing Brodick: 1355, 1640 & 1920

— CalMac Service Info (@CalMac_Updates) October 10, 2021

🔶AMBER #Ardrossan #Brodick 10Oct Pier staff from BRO are on passage to allow the vessel to operate in to ARD. Due to staff impacts at ARD due to the positive result there will be no further sailings from ARD to BRO, as we do not have the resources to facilitate pax and vehicle

— CalMac Service Info (@CalMac_Updates) October 10, 2021

Calmac will review the situation for Monday's sailings and have said the only method to leave the island today is via the Lochranza- Claoaig route, a two-hour detour by road.

🔶AMBER #Ardrossan #Brodick 10Oct We are urgently seeking a resolution for the remainder of today, we can only disembark traffic at Ardrossan and cannot ship traffic from the port.
All mainland to island travel will require to use the Claoaig - Lochranza service

— CalMac Service Info (@CalMac_Updates) October 10, 2021

CalMac press office has been approached for comment and the article will be updated.