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Brittany Ferries: Ouistreham (Caen), France: 7hrs: Up to three departures a day. "Mont Saint Michel" "Normandie" Brittany Ferries: Cherbourg-Octeville, France: 3hrs (fast-ferry); 4hrs 45mins (cruise ferry) Summer: Fast ferry service currently suspended. All year: Irregular cruise ferry sailings (approximately 3 a week). "Condor Liberation ...
P&O Portsmouth was run until 2002, when it was then renamed P&O Ferries and brought under the same management and ownership as P&O on the English Channel which occurred after P&O bought Stena Line 40% share in P&O Stena Line. The operations from Portsmouth remained largely unchanged except from a simple livery change during the 2002-2003 round ...
It is the Port of Caen's English Channel ferry port. In the summer season, the MV Normandie and MV Mont St Michel operate the back-to-back, six-hour ferry crossing. Ferries depart both Ouistreham and Portsmouth International Port at 08:15 (and arrive at 14:30), 16:30 (and arrive at 21:15) and 22:00 (and arrive the next morning).
In mid 2012, Brittany Ferries announced that Normandie Express would no longer operate the Portsmouth to Caen Route in 2013. Instead, a brand new route was officially introduced, sailing from Portsmouth to Le Havre from May until September, but only on Thursdays and Fridays. [3]
The internal layout of Mont St Michel is based on the MV Normandie, which also operates on the Portsmouth–Caen route. Construction started on 7 June 2001 and she was launched on 15 March 2002. Major delays in fitting out meant that the ship was not delivered until December 2002, over 5 months behind schedule.
P&O European Ferries (formerly Townsend Thoresen), a division of P&O Ferries, was a ferry company which operated in the English Channel from 1987 after the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, when Townsend Thoresen was renamed P&O European Ferries, until 1999 when the Portsmouth Operations became P&O Portsmouth and the Dover Operations were merged with Stena Line AB to make P&O Stena Line.
In summer 2004 P&O Ferries operated a Portsmouth–Caen route using the Incat 91 model catamaran Max Mols from Mols-Linien, trading under the name Caen Express. However, this was short lived, with P&O Ferries announcing on 28 September 2004 its planned closure of the Portsmouth–Cherbourg and Caen routes and the transfer of the Portsmouth–Le ...
Max Mols (Caen Express) 2004 2004 5,617 Portsmouth-Caen Returned to owner after closure of route 9176046 Cherbourg Express (2004 - 2016) Express (2003) Portsmouth Express (2000–2002) 2000 2016 5,902 900 Portsmouth-Cherbourg Troon/Cairnryan-Larne Sold after closure of route in 2016 [1] 9170183 SuperStar Express: 1998 2005 5,517 900 Portsmouth ...