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Ship Details
Shipbuilder
HDW Germany
Port of Registry
Cardiff
Length
206 m
Width
25 m
Built
2002
Car capacity
480
Passengers
1.200
Gross tonnage
30 285
Draught
6.4 m
Speed
22 knotts
Freight capacity
1 924 lane metres
Engines
4 x Wartzila Sulzer 16ZAV-40S
Kw/Horsepower
46 000 kW
fares between Ireland and the UK. The HSS was also a craft that burnt a signi cant amount of fuel and when fuel prices signi cantly increased, this gradually resulted in an reduced frequency and slower crossing times.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour will now focus on developing its cruise ship business and 2015 is set to be the ports busiest year yet for cruise ships. Permission has been applied for to constuct a jetty at the harbour to cater for Cruise Ship up to 450 meters. It remains to be seen if this project will receive permission, and even if so will it gain enough interest for Cruise Lines and investors to proceed into a viable, successful facility as it will be in direct competition with Dublin Port’s Cruise Terminal, near the 3 Arena.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour have also sought interest from interested parties in developing an replacement car ferry service or new alternative services, however it remains to be seen if crossing Irish Sea ferries ever operate from Dun Laoghaire again. One major issue with the port is lack of standage
space for freight vehicles and poor road connectivity to the National Motorway Network.
As for Stena Line, Its an exciting time, they have made many investments of over €250 million on Irish Routes over the last ve years, its purchase of Norfolk Line Irish Sea Ferries from DFDS Group in 2011 and Celtic Link Ferries in 2014, have developed its route network.
Stena Line are offering a number of promotional offers currently, in relation to the introduction of the Stena Superfast X to the Dublin Port-Holyhead route and these are outlined on their website stenaline.ie.
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