New ferry ready to set sail after costly delay

The new multi-million-pound Pentalina which is finally ready to set sail from the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Orkney Today THE new Pentland Firth ferry Pentalina is at last due to set sail from the Philippines today (Friday). It will end a considerable delay in her construction which has cost Pentland Ferries boss Andrew Banks some of his lucrative summer season trade. advertising The multi-million-pound catamaran had been due to come into service on the Gills Bay/St Margaret's Hope run in June, but it won't now take over from the Claymore until next month. Mr Banks was present when his wife Susan named the ferry at the shipyard at Cebu at the start of April and she was due to be formally handed over in the middle of the month. However, the completion date was pushed back to the end of May, when the Pentalina was still not... [read full story]