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Five shortlisted for new ferry link
Date: 18 September 2007 Source: Shetland Marine News

Five shipping lines have been invited to tender for the proposed new cargo and passenger service between Kristiansund, in Norway, Shetland, and a not yet specified port on the UK mainland.

Ferry Travel on the up
Date: 18 September 2007 Source: Travel Mole

Ferry travel in August showed a significant increase in car and passenger travel.

Oscar Wilde' joins Irish Ferries fleet
Date: 14 September 2007 Source: Irish Ferries

Irish Ferries has just taken delivery of its new €45m Ireland / France cruise ferry, Oscar Wilde.

Shipwreck sitting in path of Great Yarmouth harbour
Date: 06 September 2007 Source: Yarmouth Mercury

Major construction at the site of Great Yarmouth's £50m outer harbour will soon turn into a delicate operation to raise a 34-year-old shipwreck.

Stena’s £1.4bn ferry investment
Date: 04 September 2007 Source: Stena Line

Ferry operator Stena Line says road congestion and rising fuel prices are behind its decision to invest £1.4bn in two vessels to transport up to 500 trucks between Harwich and Rotterdam. The two RoPax vessels will go into service in 2011 and be sister ships to the Stena Trader and the Stena Traveller, which went into service on the North Sea earlier this year.

Rugby World Cup by Ferry
Date: 03 September 2007 Source: Directferries.co.uk

The 2007 Rugby World Cup is just around the corner and with the majority of this years tournament taking place in France, there is no better way of getting to the games than by ferry!

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