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She is the current and longest serving Brittany Ferries flagship; sailing between the UK, France, Spain and Ireland. Pont Aven is the fastest and largest purpose-built cruise-ferry on the English Channel. Prior to being named, Pont-Aven was referred to as Bretagne 2; this was then the codename for the new Brittany Ferries vessel for the ...
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, England, Ireland, and Spain.
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]
The new vessel, Honfleur, would result in a fleet movement with Normandie assigned to the Portsmouth-Le Havre service from late 2019. In June 2020 Brittany Ferries announced the cancellation of the Honfleur contract with the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft shipyard in Germany meaning Normandie will remain in the Portsmouth-Caen route.
In 1988, she was sold to Brittany Ferries and was sent to Jos. L. Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. She was renamed the Duchesse Anne and was put on the Saint-Malo - Portsmouth route. She was later introduced on the Saint-Malo - Cork, Roscoff - Cork and Plymouth - Roscoff routes.
Up to three sailings of Brittany Ferries depart Ouistreham per day. 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.
As the Coutances with Brittany Ferries and Truckline the ship sailed on the following routes:- Poole-Cherbourg; Primary route from 1977 until November 2007. Then weekends only from end of November 2007 until end of February 2008. Sundays only from 1 March 2008. Coutances final sailing on this route was the 16:00 Poole-Cherbourg on 28 April 2008.
She was delivered to Brittany Ferries on 9 November 2007 and undertook berthing trials in Portsmouth and Poole on 14 November 2007 prior to sailing to her homeport of Cherbourg arriving the next day. The ship was christened and her first commercial sailing was the 23:45 Cherbourg–Poole service on 26 November 2007. [ 1 ]