Ferry News Archive
New ferry is a bit of all Wight for Lymington
Date: 15 Jul 2008 00:00 Source: Portsmouth.co.ukA new ship has been launched by a Portsmouth ferry firm.
The Wight Sun, due to sail between Lymington and Yarmouth, hit the water at the Kraljevica shipyard in Croatia on Saturday, June 28.
Due to enter service in 2009, she joins the Wight Light and Wight Sky, launched in January and April respectively, and also due to serve the Lymington – Yarmouth route.
It is the last of three new 'Wight Class' vessels, which replace the older service 'C-Class' fleet along the route.
The next ships the firm will launch will be two new catamarans, currently being built in the Philippines and due to come into service on the Portsmouth – Ryde route in July 2009, replacing the three older catamarans now in service.
The upgraded ships form part of a £57m investment to the firm's fleet, modernising its ferry fleet and upgrading its dock facilities.
Clive Tilley, commercial director of Wightlink, which employs 600 workers in Portsmouth, said the new vessels were a welcome upgrade to the firm's long-serving fleet.
He said: 'This brings us closer to getting ferries built which are fit for purpose.'
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