The new Stornoway ferry has departed the German shipyard and has set course for Scotland.
A shipyard spokesman said the MCA reinspected the ship before she left.
He also said her Cal Mac crew were also to undertake the International Safety Management code audit.
Checks on her fast rescue boats were also done at the weekend.
Legal safety certificates to enable the ship to commercially sail with passengers and freight lorries have been issued.
The £42 million vessel sailed out of the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard around 9am this morning.
She is heading for Greenock and is expected to be laid-
Her skipper is not taking her through the Kiel Canal to the North Sea. Instead, the ship is heading north up the Kattegat, the sea on the east coast of Denmark.
The ferry has the choice of taking the scenic but often narrow and winding Limfjord fjord shortcut route at the Jutland Peninsula or steam all the way round the northern tip of Denmark.
The 7,800 gross tonnage ship is making over 20 knots and is due to arrive on the Clyde on Friday morning.
The pier in Stornoway is not ready to accommodate the vessel which is .
Works to upgrade and extend the ferry berth has been hit by delays. Bad weather may create further disruptions.
MV Loch Seaforth is homeward bound 4/11/14