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EUROPEAN SEAWAY seen during June 2019 in service between Cairnryan and Larne. Copyright © David Faerder.

Profile of the Dover to Calais and Larne to Cairnryan ferry European Seaway including history, technical data, info about facilities, and photos.

European Seaway to operate Larne to Cairnryan in May?

P&O's cross-channel freighter European Seaway. © P&O Ferries.

According to the P&O online booking engine, this years refit cover vessel for Larne will be the Dover-Calais freighter European Seaway.  Previously it had been stated by the same booking engine that Norbay would cover the operation, as in previous years.   European Seaway was built for P&O by the now defunct Schichau-Seebeckwerft shipyard in Germany, and entered service in 1991.  She was to be the first of 4 European Class “super-freighters” built for the Dover-Zeebrugge route, but is the only one that remains as a freighter with the final vessel, Pride of Burgundy (originally to have been called European Causeway), completed as a passenger ferry as new.  The remaining 2 sisters European Highway and European Pathway were rebuilt as Pride of Kent and Pride of Canterbury at Lloyd Werft in 2003.  European Seaway can accommodate up to 124 x 15m freight units and 200 passengers.   P&O’s refit period for European Causeway and … Read more