She provided additional dangerous loads sailings from Largs to Lochranza until the service from Tarbert to Arran started.

In early 1996, she opened the new Otternish – Leverburgh route across the Sound of Harris, awaiting new MV Loch Bhrusda.

During a seaman's strike in 2000, Arran traffic was diverted to the Loch Fyne and Claonaig crossings.

[4] Loch Tarbert was replaced on the Claonaig–Lochranza crossing in September 2016 by the MV Catriona – the third of Caledonian MacBrayne's hybrid ferries – and she became a spare/relief vessel that winter.

[8] On return to service, she was deployed to the Tarbert to Portavadie route, in place of Isle of Cumbrae which had been redeployed to Largs following damage to MV Loch Shira's ramps.