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Brittany to fill gaps in Rosslare-Cherbourg route

Brittany Ferries is to increase capacity and frequency on its Rosslare/ Cherbourg route from the end of September, following the withdrawal of the P&O Ferries service. Departures will rise from five to seven every week with a daily Brittany Ferries departure from Rosslare Europort, starting October 2025. It will include a new Tuesday evening departure at 21:00, with additional sailings to be phased in as part of a broader strengthening of the ... [+]

Brittany to run winter service between Poole and Cherbourg

Brittany Ferries is to run daily passenger and freight between Poole and Cherbourg this winter. The route will be served by Commodore Clipper in a period when the route would normally be closed. The Barfleur will return to Poole from 29 March, when Commodore Clipper will stand down. [+]

Brittany Ferries sues DFDS over Newhaven/Dieppe subsidies

Brittany Ferries launched legal action against DFDS on 19 March over grants the Danish shipping company receives to run the loss-making Newhaven/Dieppe ferry route, which it says has cost its business £125m since 2013. In an action lodged with the Brest Commercial Court, it is seeking to recover losses from ... [+]

Brittany Ferries finishes fleet renewal

Brittany Ferries has completed its largest-ever fleet renewal programme - five ships in five years – with the arrival of its second hybrid ship. Guillaume de Normandie is due to make her first commercial voyage on 18 April 2025 and will serve the company’s busiest Portsmouth to Caen (Ouistreham) route, ... [+]

Saint-Malo electrifies Portsmouth

Brittany Ferries new LNG-electric hybrid ship Saint-Malo called at Portsmouth for the first time, arriving and departing on pure battery power. The ship’s first commercial voyage to St Malo will take place on 12 February – the first call was to carry out ramp trials in Portsmouth International Port and other ... [+]

Sea trials for Brittany hybrid ship

Brittany Ferries’ LNG-electric hybrid vessel Saint-Malo is carrying out sea trials in the Far East, ahead of her transit to Europe in November. From February next year she will link Portsmouth with her namesake port, operating on liquefied natural gas (LNG) at sea and on electric power when manoeuvring and ... [+]

First bio-LNG for Brittany Ferries

Energy company Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain). The three truck-loads, totalling 60 tons was the first supply of its kind in Spain. BioLNG can reduce the CO2 emissions by up to 100% compared to conventional LNG, depending on ... [+]

Brittany Ferries unveils 2025 plans

Brittany Ferries will operate up to 98 weekly cross-Channel sailings linking Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth with St Malo, Roscoff Caen, Cherbourg and Le Havre in its 2025 timetable, published on 29 July. It will also offer up to 12 weekly overnight sailings between Portsmouth and Plymouth to Santander and Bilbao in ... [+]

Brittany and partners to scope out zero-emission ferry

Brittany Ferries has gone into partnership with Wärtsilä and Incat to explore design and technical requirements for a 137m zero-emissions craft. It brings together marine partners with expertise in the design and construction of fast craft, the  engineering and technical needs and fleet operating experience. Brittany Ferries  chief executive Christophe Mathieu ... [+]

Brittany adds third Cherbourg/Rosslare sailing

Brittany Ferries has added a third weekly return-sailing between Cherbourg and Rosslare. The company says the move will boost connectivity ahead of the arrival of its rail-ferry service in 2025 whereby Ferroutage will link Bayonne with Cherbourg by rail, carrying trailers for onward transport by ferry. The additional will leave Cherbourg ... [+]

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