Irish Sea Ferry Updates January 2024
The latest Irish Sea ferry news from Irish Ferries and Stena Line, coverage of the first visit of the Steam Packet’s Manxman to Belfast and updates from P&O Ferries and Finnlines.
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New Birkenhead Ferry Leaves Belgium for Belfast
The newest member of the Stena Line fleet is to arrive in Belfast tomorrow afternoon. STENA FORWARDER is expected to take up service on the Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead) route in the near future.
Ferry Fleets Update – 6 December 2021
Our latest news update of all the latest passenger and roro ferry sales, charters, scrappings, deliveries and orders
Ferry industry news roundup (wk 2 Apr ’17)
A roundup of some of the news from the ferry industry in recent weeks. Viking launches FSTR service with former Larne vessel HSC express, whilst competitor Linda Line sells one of their craft. HSC EXPRESS has started the latest chapter of her post-P&O career operating another service in the Baltic, this time for Viking Line as an additional vessel to their fast-conventional RoPax VIKING XPRS on the Helsinki – Tallinn route. Marketed as Viking FSTR (though still officially named EXPRESS), the former P&O vessel is operating the popular route in competition with Tallink’s ‘Shuttle’ service for vehicles and passengers, Eckerö Line who also carry vehicles and passengers on FINLANDIA, and Linda Line, who only carry passengers. The introduction of EXPRESS, which appears to be largely unchanged from her days operating from Larne, appears to be a response to Tallink’s introduction of the brand new MEGASTAR fast-conventional RoPax alongside STAR. Meanwhile, Linda Line have sold one of … Read more
