Ten-year vessel investment tops €500 million

摘要

Now with a five-strong fleet linking Ireland with ports in the UK and France, Irish Ferries is a division of the Irish Continental Croup, which first emerged in 1984 following a management buy-out of Irish Continental Line. This was formed in 1973 as part of a joint venture between Irish Shipping, Fearnley & Eager, and Lion Ferry of Sweden to establish a service between Rosslare and Le Havre. During 1992 ICC also took over the long-established and then Irish state-owned British and Irish Steam Packet Co with its Dublin-Holyhead and Rosslare-Pembroke routes. Through the next decade more than €500 million was spent on new vessels and, apart from Ulysses, other fleet members are: OSCAR WILDE • 1987/31,914gt. Route: Rosslare-Cherbourg/ Roscoff. Irish Ferries went into the second-hand market to secure a new vessel for sailings from Rosslare to French ports, buying Color Line's high-quality ferry Kronprins Harald, which had linked Oslo with Kiel since completion for Jahre Line.