Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry MV Hebrides, which was involved in a grounding on North
Uist on Sunday has departed for dry dock.
The vessel sustained damage to her propeller shaft after being entangled with pontoon anchor chains during the incident
She left at 3pm and is steaming under her own power to the yard on the Clyde.
Her move frees up the linkspan at Lochmaddy and later today MV Clansman will be the first vessel to dock at the port since Sunday when she berths at 6pm.
She will be closely followed by MV Isle of Lewis after 7pm
Both ships will help to ease the backlog of traffic, particularly freight.
The Lewis will also drop off and embark lifeline loads for the Isle of Barra which,
due to some sustained adverse weather, has had sailings cancelled this week.
Tomorrow,
with MV Clansman completing her move north to Tarbert on Harris and MV Lord of the
Isles transferring to Oban, the full Tarbert, Uig and Lochmaddy triangle service
will resume as normal.
MV Hebrides leaves Lochmaddy for drydock repairs
29 September 2016