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Irish Ferries route map. Since June 2021, Dover-Calais has also been operated. Irish Ferries is an Irish ferry and transport company that operates passenger and freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe, including Dublin Port–Holyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Port-Cherbourg in France.
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.
Rosslare Europort's strategic importance to Ireland for freight transport has increased following Brexit as it offers direct routes from Ireland to continental Europe, offering an alternative to using the UK "landbridge" (a ferry from Ireland to Great Britain, then a drive through Great Britain to an English port before sailing on to the European mainland). [5]
Ferry services have continued to be significant, and 3.6 million passengers use these annually. [ 1 ] The main operators across the Irish Sea are P&O Ferries , Irish Ferries , Stena Line and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company .
MS Isle of Innisfree is a passenger and car ferry operated by Irish Ferries between Rosslare and Pembroke Dock.Originally built at Boelwerf as the Prins Filip originally sailing between Dover and Ostend, later between Ostend and Ramsgate, she has since 1997 operated for a variety of companies.
P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Northern Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O .
The busiest ferry route to France is the Dover to Calais crossing with approximately 9,168,000 passengers using the service in 2018. [25] Ferries from Great Britain also sail to Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Ireland.
Sealink was originally the brand name for the ferry services of British Rail in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Services to France, Belgium and the Netherlands were run by Sealink UK as part of the Sealink consortium which also used ferries owned by French national railways (), the Belgian Maritime Transport Authority Regie voor Maritiem Transport/Regie des transports maritimes (RMT/RTM) and ...