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Second Baltic Cruise-Ferry Chartered as Glasgow Summit Accommodation Vessel
A second Baltic Sea cruise-ferry has been charted from AS Tallink Grupp for use as an accommodation vessel at Glasgow.
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Tasmania finally signs contract for two new ferries
Tasmania-based TT-Line has finally signed a firm contract for two new ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ ferries following the cancellation of a previous contract with FSG early in 2020.
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Delivery of Wasaline ferry pushed back to June
Delivery of Wasaline's new Vaasa - Umeå ferry 'Aurora Botnia' has been delayed until June as a result of the Coronavirus situation.
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What Next For FSG? Yard Loses Their Biggest Order While Further Delays to Brittany Ferries Ship Have been Confirmed
TT Line Pty cancelled their order at FSG last week, while Brittany Ferries Honfleur has been further delayed. Will Irish Ferries receive their new ferry this year?
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Ulysses | Irish Ferries
Ulysses is an Irish Ferries ferry which operates Dublin - Holyhead. This page includes history, technical data, deck plan, & interior / exterior photos.
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Oscar Wilde (now GNV Allegra) | Former Irish Ferries Ferry
Profile of the former Irish Ferries Rosslare to Cherbourg / Roscoff ‘cruiseferry’ Oscar Wilde, now GNV Allegra. Includes tech data, deck layout plan, history, and gallery.
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HSS Stena Explorer leaves Holyhead for the final time
The sole remaining Stena HSS 1500 craft left Holyhead under tow yesterday with a destination of Turkey
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HSS Stena Explorer latest: Tug Bluster expected in Holyhead this evening.
It has been confirmed that the anchor handling tug, Bluster, is expected to arrive in Holyhead this evening, with the task of towing the remaining Stena HSS 1500 vessel Stena Explorer to Turkey. Speculation as to what future awaits the vessel has been rife online, with some expectant that the vessel will proceed straight to scrapping at Aliaga, rather than to Istanbul for conversion to static use as previously announced. No departure date for the remaining HSS 1500 vessel has been announced, however it is expected that she will leave Holyhead for the last time in the near future. It is known that HSS Stena Explorer‘s engines have been started regularly, and it is expected that she may move under her own…
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HSS Stena Explorer sold for static use
Former Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead ferry HSS Stena Explorer reportedly sold to Turkey. Brokerage and HSC specialists Maatsuyker this morning reported via twitter that Stena’s HSS Stena Explorer has been sold for static use in Istanbul, Turkey. Stena Explorer was of course the first of 3 HSS1500 class craft built by Aker Finnyards for Stena Line, and is the sole survivor of the class. Her sisters, Stena Voyager (which previously operated Belfast – Stranraer), and Stena Discovery (which originally operated Harwich – Hoek van Holland, and latterly named HSS Discovery) have already been “recycled” in Sweden and Turkey respectively. All 3 HSS1500 class have been regular visitors to Belfast in the past, with Harland & Wolff appointed as the sole dry-docking facility for the class.…
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