Ferry confusing...

Joe Reade wrote recently that CalMac’s acquisition for their Mull service – to be called Loch Frisa – has six fewer car spaces than Coruisk, which it apparently is replacing.

That is peculiar, because as Utne she had the same car capacity (40 car equivalents) as Coruisk, and somewhat greater deadweight (348 as opposed to Coruisk’s 250). Deadweight capacity counts if you carry commercials. Coruisk manages it on half the horsepower too, which is a point in these days of soaring fuel prices.

Are CalMac cars bigger than Norwegian ones, or have they somehow made the vehicle deck smaller?

Arthur Blue, Ardrishaig.