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Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to the Channel Islands from Weymouth in 1993 using the 74m Incat catamaran Condor 10.In the winter of 1993/1994, one of Condor's parent companies, Commodore Shipping, took over British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) which operated conventional ferry services to the Channel Islands from Poole.
Condor Express received an updated version of the Condor Ferries livery in 2003. In August 2005 Condor Express briefly ran on the Brittany Ferries Poole-Cherbourg service. She had been experiencing technical problems and so Condor Vitesse was transferred to the more taxing Channel Islands service.
The Port is used by Brittany Ferries. [19] and Condor Ferries. [20] The ferry crossing to Cherbourg in France is the shortest crossing of Brittany Ferries. [21] In the summer of 2020, the Cherbourg services were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [22] Poole Port also has a Border Force Post. [23]
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
From December 1999 until April 20002 Condor Vitesse was chartered to Tranz Rail for the Interislander service and carried the marketing name of The Lynx. [1] She returned to Europe for the summer to continue operating for Condor Ferries. In 2001, Condor Ferries and Brittany Ferries entered into an agreement to run a Poole-Cherbourg fastcraft ...
Condor Ferries established a fast ferry service from Poole in 1997 and now maintain a summer service to the Islands and St Malo from the port. Corbière House, the Poole headquarters of the company until its demise still retains a BCIF style sign to this day, one of the few reminders of the company's time at the port.
With Condor 10, Condor Ferries captured a significant share of the Channel Island passenger market which resulted in the closure and sale of British Channel Island Ferries which operated from Poole in 1994. Condor 10 continued to operate for Condor Ferries until October 1994. In December of that year she arrived in New Zealand on charter to ...
Services from Weymouth and Poole operate to the Channel Islands with Condor Ferries and to Cherbourg (from Poole) with Brittany Ferries. Holyhead is the principal ferry port for services to Ireland, operated by Irish Ferries and Stena Line with some services originating from Pembroke. Hull and Harwich are the main hubs for services to the ...