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[Updated] Weather Causes Serious Disruption to Direct Ireland to France Ferries
Weather conditions have led to a number of ferry services to and from Ireland being cancelled over the next few days.
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[PR] Brittany Ferries confirms immediate changes to ferry schedules
Brittany Ferries has outlined a series of changes to its schedules, in response to the on-going Coronavirus crisis.
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Sailing/weather information, 16th October 2017
As has been widely reported in the media, what is left of Hurricane Ophelia is expected to hit the UK and Ireland on Monday 16th October ’17. A severe weather warning has already been issued, with the NI Weather and Flood Advisory Service issuing Red and Amber weather warnings and…
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Sailing update: Problems continue for P&O.
Yesterday’s issues with P&O‘s Larne to Cairnryan service appear to yet be resolved, with both EUROPEAN HIGHLANDER and EUROPEAN SEAWAY still running behind schedule. As yet it is still unclear what has caused the delays, which started with EUROPEAN HIGHLANDER sailing from Cairnryan some 6 hours late last night. This follows Stena…
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Sailing updates: P&O and Stena Line North Channel services.
In what has been a much more eventful than normal day for North Channel ferries, P&O are now running with delays. The 20:00 sailings from both Larne and Cairnryan have yet to depart at the time of writing (23:05), with what appears to be some sort of technical failure with…
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Sailing update: Stena Line currently experiencing delays on Cairnryan services.
Stena Line are currently experiencing delays on all services to and from Loch Ryan Port (Cairnryan) due to a technical problem at the Scottish port. For the first time, it appears that Stena Line have managed to berth the Superfast’s at P&O’s Cairnryan facility, though NIFS understand that loading…
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Sailing update: Storm Desmond sailing delays and cancellations.
Ferries cancelled or delayed due to adverse weather on services from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Early Saturday morning update (3am): in addition to the delays and cancellations below, Stena Superfast X‘s 02:30 departure from Dublin and 08:55 from Holyhead, and Stena Europe’s 09:00 from Rosslare have been cancelled…
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Sailing update: Reduced Stena Cairnryan service this weekend.
Stena Superfast VIII off-service for essential maintenance. NIFS understand that Stena Superfast VIII will be off service this coming Saturday 5th Dec from 14:00 until Sunday 6th December’s 11:30 sailing for essential maintenance. The online booking engine has already been updated. The following sailings will be cancelled: Ex Belfast Sat:…
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Sailing update: Stena Line, Saturday 14th November
According to Stena’s online booking engine, Stena Superfast VIII will miss 2 round trips this coming Saturday, 14th November. We understand that this is due to planned maintenance. The cancelled sailings are the 15:30 and 23:00 from Belfast, and the 19:30 and 05:00 (on the 15th) from Loch Ryan Port/Cairnryan.…
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Sailing update: Stena Superfast planned maintenance.
As reported last week, Stena Superfast VIII is undergoing planned maintenance in Belfast this weekend. As a result, Stena Line are operating a reduced sailing schedule to Loch Ryan Port/Cairnryan today. Stena Superfast VIII tied up at Stormont Wharf last night, with the planned layover spot at D1 occupied by…
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Sailing update: Stena’s Superfasts to undergo routine maintenance in October.
Reduced Belfast to Scotland timetable in operation over 2 weekends in October. Following swiftly on from Stena Mersey‘s routine dry-docking this week, news has reached NIFS that it is planned that Stena Superfast VII and Stena Superfast VIII will each be taken out of service for a short period during…
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Stena Birkenhead sailings re-timed
Stena have advised (via FerryCheck) that all sailings to and from Birkenhead (Liverpool), have been retimed. I have copied the text from FerryCheck below. For the latest please contact Stena directly or visit the FerryCheck site here Please be advised that due to operational reasons your 10:30hrs sailing from Belfast…
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