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The island has become a regular destination for cruise ships with over 100 ships arriving between April and October [13] and is the largest tender port for cruise liners in Europe. [ 12 ] The restricted size of the harbour will not allow cruise ships to enter resulting in the ships needing to anchor in the roads.
Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between Spain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
The 158m (518ft) long Barfleur can carry 1,212 passengers and is usually based in Poole.
Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook. Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to channel.islands@bbc.co.uk. More on this story. Guernsey reacts to Jersey ferry service decision.
Cruise isn't even the first major player to bow out of the race to develop a robotaxi business. Ford ( F ) ended its Argo AI self-driving venture two years ago.
Cruise Ship Tourism. Wallingford: CAB International. ISBN 978-1845930486. Garin, Kristoffer A. (2005). Devils on the Deep Blue Sea: the dreams, schemes, and showdowns that built America's cruise-ship empires. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0670034185. Klein, Ross A. (2002). Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise industry. Gabriola Island ...
Ponant (officially, Compagnie du Ponant (CDP); "Ponant Company") is a French cruise ship operator. It was founded in April 1988 by Philippe Videau, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvé, and other officers of the French Merchant Navy and launched the first French cruise ship. [1] The company operates eleven ships, all of which operate under the French flag.