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Irish Ferries Introduces a Newer and Faster ship onto the Rosslare - Pembroke Route


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29 Mar 2021
Irish Ferries Introduces a Newer and Faster ship onto the Rosslare - Pembroke Route

Irish Ferries is pleased to announce the addition of the RoRo passenger ferry Blue Star 1 to its Rosslare to Pembroke Dock route. The ship is being chartered from the Attica Group and delivery is expected in early April 2021.

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 Blue Star 1 was built in 2000 by the Van der Giessen de Noord shipyard in the Netherlands, the same shipyard that in 1997 built Irish Ferries Isle of Inishmore, currently servicing the Rosslare to Pembroke Dock route.  Blue Star 1 has the capacity to carry up to 1,500 passengers, 100 freight vehicles and up to 700 cars depending on freight volume. The ship offers a host of quality facilities including 192 cabins for freight drivers/passengers, self-service restaurant, café/bar, Club Class lounge, onboard duty-free shop, children’s play area and spacious outdoor decks. The tripling of cabin numbers will facilitate more single occupancy cabins for freight drivers, a welcome development for our freight customers.


Andrew Sheen, Irish Ferries Managing Director, said: “We are very pleased to add a quality ship of the calibre of the versatile Blue Star 1 to the Irish Ferries fleet. This ship will be the fastest RoRo Passenger ship operating between Britain and Ireland and this will help ensure schedule integrity. The introduction of this ship underlines our commitment to the Rosslare to Pembroke route, the primary shipping corridor between Ireland and South Wales. It also underlines our commitment to the significant contribution that this route makes in facilitating trade for both exporters and importers as well as facilitating essential passenger movements and future tourists as the country reopens post COVID-19.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Builder

Van der Giessen deNoord

Construction

2000 (keel laid June1999)

Type

Ro-Pax ship

Ferryroute

Rosslare Pembroke Dock (MilfordHaven)

Operator

IrishFerries

Speed

27 kn / 50 kph / 31mph

Length(LOA)

176.1 m / 578ft

Beam(width)

25.7 m / 84ft

Decks

10

GrossTonnage

29,858gt

DeadweightTonnage

4,500gt

Lane Meters

1,718

Passengers

1,500

Cars

Up to 700 (depending on Freightvolumes)

Freightvehicles

100

Cabins

192

 


For further information, please contact:


Nuala Buttner at Q4PR on 01 4751444 or 085 1744275 or email nuala@q4pr.ie


James Brooks at Rooster PR on +44 203 440 8930 or +44 7747 600162 or email james.brooke@rooster.co.uk