FIELD REPORT 014PORT CALDER / NORTH SOUND
Field report / Coastal services
The last
ferry
After 94 years the Calder Sound crossing will sail for the final time.
PLATE 01 / ILLUSTRATION / PORT CALDER HARBOUR ARCHIVE (FICTIONAL)
Port Calder, North Sound
First sailing14 May 1932
MV MarrinSteel hull, 62 m. Carries 180 passengers and 14 cars across the sound in 38 minutes.
Annotation: the Marrin is the only vessel still certified on the route.
MAINLAND MERROW ISLE NORTH SOUND
The route
One crossing,
two lifelines
Port Calder
Merrow Quay
38minutes by sea. Distance: 21 km.
Road detour: 4 h 10 minThrough the Harrow bridge. 212 km each way.
Passenger numbers / thousands per year
Ten years of decline
-62%
Annual passengers, 2014 to 2024. From 410,000 down to 156,000.
SOURCE: Calder Sound Transit Authority annual returns (fictional dataset)
PUBLIC NOTICE MV MARRIN - FINAL SAILING SATURDAY 30 NOV 2024
PLATE 02 / ILLUSTRATION / NOTICE BOARD, PORT CALDER QUAY (FICTIONAL)
Last sailing30.11.2024
180seatsBooked out in 2 days.
End of line
Reporting
Desk 07 / North Sound

All places, vessels and figures in this film are fictional.
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