Brittany Ferries offer new low fare to France this summer with travel to Cherbourg costing from £89 each way.

It has been announced that HD Ferries have cancelled their proposed Alderney ferry service. In a statement released today, HD Ferries commented: 'It is with regret that we will be unable to operate the planned new HD Ferries service to Alderney in the foreseeable future due to a damaged water jet.'

A new ferry link between Norway, Shetland and the UK mainland could be in place as early as this October, according to a consortium promoting the route.

Plans are at an advanced stage for two new high-speed passenger ferry services at either end of the UK.

Irish Ferries has announced that its new Ireland/France cruise ferry, purchased to replace its present vessel 'Normandy' on routes between Rosslare, Cherbourg and Roscoff, will be given the name ‘Oscar Wilde’ before it enters service ahead of the 2008 season.

You have to hand it to the French when it comes to promoting their own culture — they are in a class of their own.

There are hopes that Welsh cash could help finance a new "fast cat" ferry service from North Devon to South Wales.

Channel Island ferry operator HD Ferries is to add a new twice weekly service between Guernsey and Alderney and Cherbourg to its existing service between Saint Malo and Jersey and Guernsey.

Ferry operations round Britain are thriving, according to the UK Passenger Shipping Association’s report on the industry.

Plans to build a second Dover ferry terminal are looking more likely as figures show strong growth for 2007.

Backers behind plans for a "fast cat" ferry between south west England and Wales have told business leaders in Swansea it could be running in a year.

Ferry companies face a number of challenges including balancing capacity, offering attractive amenities, providing maximum safety as well as speed and pricing issues, according to Frederik Naumann of Sartori & Berger.

A fast ferry link between Swansea and Ilfracombe in Devon is being planned.

Britain's ferry ports are to remain at the official minimum ‘level one’ security standing, despite the recent unsuccessful terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow.

Alderney will now have a passenger ferry link with Guernsey and France.

Berlin - Germany and Denmark agreed at talks Friday in Berlin to build a 19-kilometre-long highway bridge across an arm of the Baltic Sea, according to the Danish news agency Ritzau.