The government has given £9m for the loan as the network has been hit by further shipbuilding delays.
An extra ferry is to join the CalMac fleet on the west coast network, which has been hit by shipbuilding delays.
Two overdue CalMac ferries being built at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow have been delayed further, whichThe Glen Sannox, which will serve Arran, will not be ready until the autumn rather than May of this year. The vessels are already five years behind schedule, with the cost of the project three times more than the original £97m budget.Chief executive Robbie Drummond said the extra vessel would provide "much-needed resilience".
This is on top of the £15m of extra funding for Ferguson Marine already provided by the Scottish government this financial year.
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