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COASTAL CRUISING: Appeal to bring back Balmoral

A £350,000 appeal has been launched to return the excursion ship Balmoral to service in 2014, the greater part of the money being needed...

ISLE OF WIGHT: Wightlink count cost of legal battles

Although successful in the latest round of its long-running court battles with Lymington River Association over plans for the development of the town’s ferry...

IRISH SEA: Channel veteran goes for scrap

A 50-year career, starting with English Channel service as Townsend Ferries’ first purpose-built car ferry Free Enterprise in April 1962, is ending at Turkish...

PENTLAND FIRTH: Northlink Orkney route disrupted

Passengers and cars may not be carried on Northlink Ferries’ Pentland Firth service between Scrabster and Stromness until late May after the route’s 2002-built...

ENGLISH Channel: TEF Ramsgate sailings halted

Transeuropa Ferries (TEF), established in 1986, ceased sailings between Ramsgate and Ostend on 18 April, with the Slovenian parent’s Belgian operation filing for bankruptcy....

ISLE OF WIGHT: Solent subsidies ruled out

The possibility of government subsidies for ferry services to the Isle of Wight has been ruled out by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, but there...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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