Brittany Ferries’ brand new LNG-powered cruise ferry Honfleur has taken to the water for the first time at a traditional ship launching ceremony at the FSG shipyard in Flensburg, Germany. At midday on Friday hundreds of well-wishers, invited guests, shipyard workers and Brittany Ferries team members … [Read more...]
Irish Ferries to build a second new super cruise ferry
Irish Ferries has ordered a second new cruise ferry, which will start sailing between the UK and Ireland in 2020. The cruise ferry will be built in Germany at a cost of €165.2 million. The same shipyard is already building Irish Ferries’ new ship W.B.Yeats which is due for delivery this … [Read more...]
Scandlines with volume growth in the high season
Scandlines can look back at a very good high season in 2016. Especially the new hybrid ferry of the shipping company, the M/V Berlin, which was put into service in May on the route Rostock-Gedser, contributed to the growth in the number of transported vehicles. In July and August, Scandlines’ new … [Read more...]
Irish Ferries to build €144 million cruise ferry
Irish Ferries’ parent company, Irish Continental Group plc, has announced an agreement with German company Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesselschaft & Co.KG, to build a new cruise ferry costing €144 million. for delivery in May 2018. The vessel will accommodate 1,885 passengers and crew, with a … [Read more...]
Scandlines records its highest passenger volumes for 5 years
Scandlines focused the business on the Germany-Denmark routes and made significant investments in future-proofing the group’s ferry operations as well as catering and retail activities in 2015. Efforts to promote the Rostock-Gedser route paid off, Scandlines recorded the highest number of … [Read more...]
Belfast key to Stena Line success
When the Irish Sea’s leading ferry company established its Belfast operation on 12 November 1995, it operated three ferries to one port in Scotland. Today, that service has expanded to seven vessels operating year round services to Cairnryan, Birkenhead (Liverpool) and Heysham with a mix of freight … [Read more...]
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