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bissiere

do you think that rosselareis abandoned for dublin in the future for the lines france

PaddyL

Quote from: Niall on October 31, 2017, 04:56:37 PM
I saw it on the Irish Ferries website a few weeks back


Can you point to the page?  I think we'd all be talking about if if they had announced a second newbuild.

PaddyL

#107
The Ferries Facebook group has just shared this

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ferriesglobal/

Irish Ferries have now revealed more of their plans for the W.B. YEATS.

As timetable investigations revealed at the weekend she will operate Dublin - Cherbourg with a sailing one way per day.  In mid-September she will switch to Dublin - Holyhead and the EPSILON will take her place to France. 

The fast ferry JONATHAN SWIFT will go seasonal only and looks like she will be out of service Mid-September to April.

The future of the OSCAR WILDE isn't clear from the press release but the emphasis out on daily sailings to France suggests that she will remain around.

https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/news-listing/rish-ferries-announces-daily-departures-to-france-for-summer-2018/

A83

As you say it looks like Oscar Wilde's future is very unclear. What seems to be clear is that the winter sailings to France will be with the much more efficient [and therefore cheaper to run] Epsilon. It also looks like Rosslare will not feature in the Ireland-France schedule for the winter.

All this makes financial sense but taking the cruise ferry off the autumn / winter run is a pity as it is much more comfortable way to get to France during the rougher winter weather.


RorieLen

Quote from: PaddyL on October 31, 2017, 07:42:13 PM
Quote from: Niall on October 31, 2017, 04:56:37 PM
I saw it on the Irish Ferries website a few weeks back


Can you point to the page?  I think we'd all be talking about if if they had announced a second newbuild.

Agreed. Such a significant piece of news would be shared and discussed at length if it was true.

PaddyL

Quote from: A83 on October 31, 2017, 08:05:32 PM
As you say it looks like Oscar Wilde's future is very unclear. What seems to be clear is that the winter sailings to France will be with the much more efficient [and therefore cheaper to run] Epsilon. It also looks like Rosslare will not feature in the Ireland-France schedule for the winter.

All this makes financial sense but taking the cruise ferry off the autumn / winter run is a pity as it is much more comfortable way to get to France during the rougher winter weather.

I wouldn't assume Oscar is gone just yet, if you read between the lines she could even be doing a reduced number of sailings simply.  It's an interesting development anyhow and it will be notable to see how Stena respond.

bissiere

maybe the ferry bay of seine could be charter by irish ferries in 2020 when its end of charter with brittany ferries and its facilities on board are designed for long lines

PaddyL

Quote from: bissiere on October 31, 2017, 08:44:50 PM
maybe the ferry bay of seine could be charter by irish ferries in 2020 when its end of charter with brittany ferries and its facilities on board are designed for long lines

Was the suggestion from BF not that DFDS want her back?

bissiere

isle of innishmore possible  ireland france?

Niall

Quote from: bissiere on October 31, 2017, 09:48:28 PM
isle of innishmore possible  ireland france?

Inishmore wouldn't be suitable for the France run as she only has 186 cabins compared to 1440 on Oscar. Epsilon has 274 cabins, which is even more than Inishmore.

Davy Jones

All this would suggest that during the summer months, there would be no actual change in tonnage beween Dublin and Holyhead - unless they use Epsilon out of Rosslare and bring either Oscar or Inishmore North.

ferryfan

The order with FSG included "one option".
Regarding the future of Rosslare it might just be that the timetable has not been finalised yet.
A report done for ICG by Goodbody stockbrokers last year suggested that the Swift would become a seasonal service when the new build arrived on the central corridor.

bissiere

ROSSELARE IS DIFFICULT IN WINTER

CH1

Can we expect a shifting of the traffic, currently crossing from Rosslare, to the Cherbourg-Dublin route, given that the W.B Yeats will be by far larger than the OW garage capacity.

PaddyL

Quote from: Niall on October 31, 2017, 10:18:07 PM
Quote from: bissiere on October 31, 2017, 09:48:28 PM
isle of innishmore possible  ireland france?

Inishmore wouldn't be suitable for the France run as she only has 186 cabins compared to 1440 on Oscar. Epsilon has 274 cabins, which is even more than Inishmore.

That sounds more like berth numbers rather than cabins...

Epsilon has only about 70 cabins I know for a fact.