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Irish Ferries orders ‘super ship’

Irish Ferries’ parent company Irish Continental Group has signed an agreement with Germany’s Flensburger shipyard to build a cruise ferry for €144 million. The vessel will have space for up to 165 trucks, as well as 300 cars and 1,885 passengers and crew – with dedicated space for freight drivers - and is scheduled for delivery in May 2018. The new ship is likely to go into service on routes served ... [+]

New MD for Irish Ferries

Irish Continental Group has appointed Andrew Sheen as managing director of its Irish Ferries division. He has been operations director since 2012 and involved in shipping for over twenty-six years, ten of them with Irish Ferries. [+]

Irish Ferries to offer direct Dublin-France link

Irish Ferries is to launch a new service from Cherbourg, France direct into the capital, Dublin from 18 January. The once-weekly, year round service will depart from Dublin every Saturday (15.30) arriving into Cherbourg next morning (11.30). Return sailings will depart Cherbourg each Sunday (17.00) with early arrival back in ... [+]

More ships as Ireland turns the corner

Irish Ferries is to add a third ship to its Dublin to Holyhead in December. Currently, the ferry company operates eight sailings per day with its flagship Ulysses and the high speed craft Jonathan Swift. The chartered the Epsilon, built in 2011 will provide two additional departures per day in ... [+]

Ops director for Irish Ferries

Liverpudlian Andrew Sheen has been appointed operations director, Irish Ferries. A former engineer on the company’s fast ferry Jonathan Swift, Mr Sheen joined Irish Ferries from the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency having served as Technical Performance Manager, Engineer and Ship Surveyor. A chartered engineer, he will be accountable ... [+]

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