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In late 2016, Brittany Ferries signed a letter of intent with Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft for a new cruise ferry between Portsmouth-Caen to be delivered in 2019. The new vessel, Honfleur , would result in a fleet movement with Normandie assigned to the Portsmouth-Le Havre service from late 2019.
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 ...
MV Mont St Michel is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries. The vessel was built at Van der Giessen de Noord shipyard in the Netherlands and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since 2002. Mont St Michel was to be named Deauville or Honfleur but this was thought to be too similar to Barfleur .
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 September 2010, Brittany Ferries announced plans to serve the Portsmouth–Bilbao route recently abandoned by P&O Ferries. [3] The route started on 27 March 2011. On 21 September 2012, Brittany Ferries cancelled sailings indefinitely following two days of wildcat strikes caused by crew members who were unhappy with changes in working terms ...
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]
This line, extended in 1891–1892 to Dives-sur-Mer and Caen, was taken over in 1894 by the Société anonyme des Chemins de fer du Calvados. It will remain for a long time the most profitable line of the Calvados Railways network. While the other lines were closed one after the other in the 1930s, the Luc - Ouistreham - Caen line was retained.
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 ...