Following the release of the EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY from detention yesterday, P&O Ferries has resumed sailings on the Cairnryan – Larne route this morning.
With only the EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY currently available, the route will be limited to a single ship service. The first sailing is for unaccompanied freight only. She is scheduled to leave Larne at 10am and Cairnryan at 2pm.
It is understood that accompanied freight traffic will be taken from tomorrow when three round trips will be offered.
At the time of writing, passenger bookings on the Cairnryan route are not being taken for sailings before 13 April.
The Larne – Cairnryan route has been suspended since 17 March when the company sacked almost 800 seafaring staff, 116 of which worked on Irish Sea services.
EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY had been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) since 26 March when she failed her Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Operating partner EUROPEAN HIGHLANDER is believed not to have had her PSC inspection yet. She will not be able to enter service until this is passed.
At the time of writing, P&O Ferries is not accepting passenger bookings before;
- 13 April on Larne – Cairnryan.
- 18 April on Dover – Calais.
- 17 April on the PRIDE OF HULL’s Rotterdam – Hull sailings.
- 20 April on the NORBAY’s Liverpool – Dublin sailings
