Virtually all 2010 timetables are in our system and ready to be booked (with exception of a few mediterranean crossings).

Following the success of the Portsmouth Santander ferry route, launched in March this year, Brittany Ferries is adding yet another luxury cruise-ferry to its fleet to provide travellers with an additional 2 round trips a week between these ports. This move will mean that from March 2010 the UK and Spain will be linked by a total of 4 Brittany Ferries passenger services every week: 3 from Portsmouth and 1 from Plymouth.

Passenger Shuttle services are currently running 2 departures per hour from the UK.

DirectFerries UK contact centre will be operating the following opening hours during the Christmas Period:

Irish Ferries has informed holidaymakers that modern travel links mean they do not have to be 'a slave to airlines'.

Eurotunnel Passenger Shuttle services are currently running a normal service.

For live updates on cancellations and ferry delays, please visit our ferry travel alerts page.

Travel information for Folkestone to Calais & Calais to Folkestone.

Due to the high volume of calls we are currently experiencing as a result of the problems with the Eurostar service we will be extending our contact centre opening hours to 7pm tonight.

For live updates on cancellations and ferry delays, please visit our ferry travel alerts page.

Eurostar has said there will be no services for a third day on Monday while further tests are carried out on its fleet of trains.

A cross-Channel ferry to France which has been operating from a Dorset town for the past 17 years will be withdrawn due to declining passenger numbers.

AP Moller-Maersk is selling its European ro-pax ferry subsidiary Norfolkline to DFDS in a €347m ($496.3m) share and cash deal that sees Maersk take a 31% strategic stake in the ferry operator, which provides services in the Baltic and North Sea.

Greece’s Attica Group has sold its ro-pax ferry Superfast V to French ferry operator Brittany Ferries for €81.5m ($116.7m).

LD Lines has announced a promotional fare of £18 each way for customers who make early bookings on its Dover to Boulogne ferry route.

Irish Ferries has announced an early booking offer of a one-way fare - for car and driver - at just £69, 30 per cent less than scheduled fares for next year. To qualify, bookings must be made 21 days in advance of travel and before 31 January 2010.