Former P&O Ferries Hull – Zeebrugge ships sold?
P&O Ferries may have sold both of its former Zeebrugge – Hull ferries according to various unconfirmed media reports.
P&O Ferries may have sold both of its former Zeebrugge – Hull ferries according to various unconfirmed media reports.
The former Irish Ferries cruise-ferry OSCAR WILDE is to be renamed GNV ALLEGRA before commencing service between Genoa and Olbia (Sardinia) later this month
The former Irish Ferries Rosslare to Cherbourg/Roscoff cruise ferry OSCAR WILDE left Belfast for a new career with GNV in the Mediterranean this afternoon.
Irish Ferries owner Irish Continental Group have confirmed the sale of the former Rosslare to Cherbourg cruise ferry Oscar Wilde.
Caronte & Tourist have purchased Irish Ferries’ EPSILON, however the change of ownership does not mean the vessel will be leaving the Irish Ferries fleet before the end of her charter.
P&O Ferries NORBAY has returned to service, allowing sister-ship NORBANK to head for dry docking in Poland. STENA EUROPE has arrived in Turkey while OSCAR WILDE is expected to leave Belfast during the week.
Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde has arrived in Belfast for what some believe may be her last dry docking as an Irish Ferries vessel. P&O Ferries Norbay meanwhile is on her way back from Poland.
A quick roundup of recent Irish Sea fleet movements featuring P&O Ferries, Irish Ferries, Stena Line, and Frazer Ferries
A quick summary of some ferry news stories from February not yet reported on NI Ferry Site including some dry docking updates and news from the Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle services.
Irish Ferries W.B. YEATS left Dublin this morning, around an hour later than timetabled on what appears to be her first commercial crossing
Irish Ferries ULYSSES entered dry-dock at Cammell-Laird Birkenhead this evening having been replaced on the timetable by the Visentini Ro-Pax EPSILON this morning. It had been widely expected that W.B. YEATS, which was delivered just before Christmas, would be in service to release ULYSSES, but it appears the new vessel is still not ready. This is despite Irish Ferries previously stating that she would be in service in “early January”. ULYSSES had actually been expected to go to dry-dock over a week ago, with the delay seemingly to have been to wait until W.B. YEATS was in service to provide more capacity. As the new vessel is not available, veteran cruise-ferry OSCAR WILDE has remained on the Dublin to Holyhead route on the secondary schedule with her planned sailing to France this evening cancelled. This means that there has been a significant cut in freight capacity on the Holyhead route … Read more
Irish Ferries new Ro-Pax W.B. YEATS has appeared on the company’s live freight timetable in place of ULYSSES, while OSCAR WILDE looks set to cover the Pembroke Dock service once ULYSSES returns from dry dock.