Stena Line boosts capacity on Dublin to Liverpool ferry route
Stena Line has now found their permanent Birkenhead to Dublin ferry, the RoRo vessel Bore Song. She will replace Stena Horizon which will return to the Rosslare to Cherbourg route.
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Stena Line’s new Liverpool to Dublin ferry starts
Stena Line today opened their new Liverpool to Dublin ferry service. The freight only route will sail six times per week from the 12 Quays Terminal, Birkenhead.
Stena Line confirms launch of new Merseyside to Dublin ferry service
Stena Line is to launch a Dublin to Birkenhead route and Seatruck Ferries will increase sailings between Dublin and Liverpool following the award of a joint license at Dublin Port
P&O Ferries Reduces Dublin to Liverpool to Single Ship Ahead of Closure
P&O Ferries has reduced its Liverpool to Dublin service to a single ship operation. Meanwhile, the window for potential operators to express an interest in taking over P&O’s Dublin Port terminal has closed.
P&O Ferries to close major ferry route
P&O Ferries has confirmed that it will close one of its passenger and freight routes before the end of the year.
New Rosslare ferry leaves Belfast following dry docking
Irish Ferries’ new Rosslare ferry OSCAR WILDE (ii) arrived in Dublin this morning having left Belfast last night.
Dublin Port Sees Trade Shift to Northern Ireland and Direct EU Routes
Figures released by Dublin Port show that Ireland to GB freight traffic has shifted to direct EU and Northern Irish services.
CLdN Reorganises Irish Sea Services following Brexit
CLdN ro-ro has reconfigured its services from Dublin and Liverpool to Spain and Portugal following the UK leaving the EU single market and customs union.
(Updated) High Court orders seizure of P&O Ferries ‘Norbank’ in Another unpaid debt row [Now resloved]
It has been reported that the high court in Dublin has ordered the seizure of P&O Ferries ‘Norbank’ as security for an unpaid debt.
DUBLIN SWIFT (ex WESTPAC EXPRESS) update
The conversion and refurbishment of Irish Ferries’ DUBLIN SWIFT continues at Harland & Wolff, with the Austal AutoExpress Catamaran currently scheduled to leave Belfast Dry Dock this coming Tuesday. However it is expected this will only be to return to the Ship Repair Quay were for work to continue.
Update: HSS Stena Explorer’s final Holyhead departure delayed
Poor weather conditions delay Stena Explorer’s final Irish Sea voyage. HSS Stena Explorer‘s final departure from Holyhead, which was due to take place this afternoon, appears to have been delayed due to unfavourable weather conditions. It is now expected that the vessel will be towed from the port over the weekend, probably on Sunday. Work appears to be continuing on HSS Stena Explorer, now renamed One World Karadeniz, to prepare her for the long tow to Turkey, where it is thought she will be converted for static use.  HSS Stena Explorer is the last remaining member of Stena’s ground breaking HSS 1500 class. Title image: HSS Explorer passing HSS Voyager, which is at Harland and Wolff’s ship repair quay.  Stena Discovery is just just visible under the massive yellow “samson” crane in the background.  Copyright © Alan Geddes.
Official: HSS Stena Explorer due to leave Holyhead tomorrow
Final HSS 1500 craft Stena Explorer sold for future use. Stena Line have officially confirmed that the final HSS 1500 vessel, Stena Explorer, has been sold to Turkish buyers and is due to leave Holyhead for the last time tomorrow, weather permitting, under the escort of tugs. Stena have however not confirmed what Stena Explorer’s future use will be, though they have said that she will continue her career under new ownership. The anchor handling tug Bluster arrived in Holyhead earlier this week, with the task to tow Stena Explorer to Turkey. Another tug, Afon Cefni, arrived in Holyhead this morning. It is assumed she may assist Bluster and Holyhead’s own tug St David in manoeuvring HSS Stena Explorer from her berth in Holyhead. HSC Specialists Maatsuyker have said (via twitter earlier this week) that her future use is to be static in Istanbul, it is assumed that this will be for … Read more
