CONNEMARA is a Brittany Ferries Ro-Pax vessel completed in 2007 and chartered from Stena RoRo. She is one of the Visentini series of vessels and was originally to be named STENA AUSONIA before being sub-chartered to Balearia who renamed her BORJA. Stena RoRo purchased her from a company related to the shipyard later in 2007, but the charter to Balearia continued. Further charters to AVE Lines, DFDS, LD Lines, Intershipping, and Anek Lines followed before she was chartered by Brittany Ferries to open the new route between Cork and Santander in 2018, renamed CONNEMARA.
[caption id="attachment_6007" align="aligncenter" width="768"] An artists impression of Brittany Ferries Cork – Santander vessel CONNEMARA. Brittany Ferries.[/caption]Other Visentini Ro-Pax’s include STENA LAGAN and STENA MERSEY, STENA HORIZON, and EPSILON.
Brittany Ferries has today confirmed the charter of two brand new cruise-ferries to serve its long-haul UK to Spain routes. Both ships will be built at the Avic International Weihai shipyard in China to the Stena E-Flexer design, with the first arriving in time for the 2021 holiday season.
Brittany Ferries is to open the first ever direct ferry link between Ireland and Spain later this year.
There will be two direct sailings weekly from Cork to Santander and the new route will go on sale at the end of January.