Ferry News Archive
Ferry News
Date: 29 January 2007 Source: Directferries.co.uk
The LD Lines ferry services between Newhaven and Le Havre are now available to be booked online.
Date: 24 January 2007 Source: Directferries.co.uk
A new ferry company - HD Ferries, has launched Channel Islands - France ferry service
Date: 24 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
Brittany Ferries is to acquire the fast ferry Normandie Express in what it says should be taken as an indi- cation of its intention to maintain its English Channel ferry service between the ports of Cherbourg and Portsmouth.
Date: 24 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
French Mediterranean ferry operators SNCM and Compagnie Meridionale de Navigation have begun working on a joint bid for the new public service ferry concession between the French mainland and the island of Corsica.
Date: 24 January 2007 Source: Portsmouth Today
Acciona Trasmediterranea has axed its sailings between Portsmouth and Bilbao until April.
Date: 19 January 2007 Source: Directferries.co.uk
LD Lines have announced that they will be running a new ferry service from Newhaven to Le Havre with the first sailing scheduled for May 1st.
Date: 17 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
P&O Ferries has renewed its charter of the Pride of Bilbao for a further three years, ending doubts about the future of the UK operator’s well established Portsmouth-Bilbao service, writes Mike Hood .
Date: 17 January 2007 Source: Easier Motoring
On 16th January, Stena Line and Volvo Trucks showed the first breathalyser to be installed on the Stena Scandinavica ferry that operates between Gothenburg (Sweden) and Kiel (Germany). The breathalyser allows drivers to quickly and easily test themselves to verify that they are fit to drive in Sweden.
Date: 17 January 2007 Source: Daily Echo
A massive test of the emergency services was due to take place later today in the English Channel.
Date: 15 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
Dover Boulogne fast ferry operator SpeedFerries has had to postpone plans to introduce a second vessel alongside its existing Speed One catamaran in time for Easter.
Date: 15 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
THE English south coast port of Poole has received its first booking for a deeper draughted vessel since the approach channel was deepened from 6 m to 7.5 m.
Date: 15 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
STENA is investing £70m ($136m) in the lengthening and refurbishment of the Stena Britannica and Stena Hollandica .
Date: 12 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
Celtic Link Ferries has confirmed its plans to launch a ferry service between Cherbourg and Portsmouth but has put back the first sailing until early next month.
Date: 11 January 2007 Source: Kent News
Cross-Channel ferries had to be towed into a port by tug boats this morning as 70mph winds lashing the south coast.
Date: 10 January 2007 Source: Portsmouth Today
Concerns are growing for the future of P&O Ferries Portsmouth Bilbao Ferry route. The company has to make its intentions clear within two to three weeks on whether it will retain the vessel Pride of Bilbao.
Date: 09 January 2007 Source: icWales
Swansea Cork Ferries, which has carried 3.5 million passengers across the Irish Sea since it started in 1987, has cancelled its 2007 sailings.
Date: 08 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
Shetland Transport Partnership is in talks with a Scandinavian consortium discussing the possibility of a new ferry link between Norway, Shetland and the UK mainland, it emerged on Friday, writes Hans J Marter.
Date: 08 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
The fast ferry Spirit of Ontario, which should have been operating in the English Channel last summer, is finally on the move, but only to dry dock for repairs in Nova Scotia, writes Terry Sutton.
Date: 06 January 2007 Source: Shetland Marine News
Shetland Transport Partnership is in talks with a Scandinavian consortium discussing the possibility of a new ferry link between Norway, Shetland and the UK mainland, it emerged yesterday (Friday).
Date: 05 January 2007 Source: Evening Standard
The French have transformed rail travel with their 200mph TGV trains and now trips to France across the Channel could be revolutionised by the advent of the BGV — Bateaux à Grande Vitesse.
Date: 05 January 2007 Source: Evening Star
Shipspotters at Felixstowe will be able to see one of the most controversial but certainly most spectacular vessels to sail out of Harwich Harbour for the last time next week.
Date: 03 January 2007 Source: Helsingin Sanomat
Shipping company Tallink Silja moved its Superfast vessels from the Port of Hanko to Helsinki's West Harbour at the turn of the new year. In the spring the competition for passengers will become fiercer, as Finnlines is launching a brand new ferry service with a passenger capacity of 500 on the Helsinki-Germany route in April-May.
Date: 03 January 2007 Source: Directferries.co.uk
Welcome to 2007! Most schedules and fares are now available to be viewed and booked online for the 2007 season.
Date: 01 January 2007 Source: Lloyds List
The Corsican Assembly has given itself four months to find an operator for the public service concession for ferry services between the French mainland and the island.