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Watch as MV Glen Sannox sets sail from Troon to Arran

The long-delayed Glen Sannox ferry has completed its first official return journey between Troon and Brodick on the island of Arran.

The ferry - which was meant to be delivered almost seven years ago - is the first new large vessel to join the UK's largest ferry fleet in nearly a decade.

The vessel will make three return sailings on the route each day, with the journey lasting 75 minutes.

It had completed a return test sailing on the route from the Scottish mainland to Arran on Sunday.

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