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As the report said the officers were made up of a mix of Baltic nationalities, I would bet that more than a few of them had been with Irish Ferries at some point in the past.

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If this was the lifeboats going back on today, looks like the have painted out the funnel logo that everyone has commented on.

Thats exactly what IF Managment have decided to do. Yeats will operate Ulysses schedule until Ulysses comes back from Poland.

Wrong!!!

Maybe all sailings are full and they have closed bookings.

According to Marine Traffic, WBY departed Dublin at 16.38, so that's 3 hours 22 minutes.

Marine traffic reports on when the ship has left the port not the berth, so there is extra time to be added to Marine Traffic time. I know one of the Captains of the WBY and he said the trip from Dublin is four hours longer than Rosslare.

As a chartered ship, there may be some arrangement for who pays for the paint, owners or charterers. Maybe the owners didn't want her painted.

As for the sockets, as a European built ship she would have specced with European sockets. To change that at building stage may have been a considerable cost but now the ship is in service ships staff will can now add the three pin sockets over the coming months as a much reduced price. Seems some people are only too happy to criticise.

Only reporting what I have heard from others

Don't post what you hear from others, post what you know as facts. I now laugh at what you post because I know 99.999999999% of it is wrong.

Most likely will be heading to Fayard in Odense to have her hull inspected and the lower part of her hull touched up before her delivery voyage from Odense.

Do you actually know anything about ferry operations? Are you the same Niall that has been posting on Facebook that the ship has been coming every week for the last few months? You said she was going to Odense for scrubbers when she had scrubbers fitted at build. A few weeks ago you posted she was sailing because she received a tanker of fuel. Now posting that she is going to drydock to have the bottom touched up. Why would they need to touch up the paint when under water paint lasts for years? Why would there be any mention of a drydock when Irish Ferries are saying she will be in Dublin next week. If you keep posting your thoughts, I would really like you to back them up with sources and facts.

There was a large fuel truck on the quayside beside WB Yeats today on the FSG webcam. It left during the afternoon before sunset.

She will require a lot more than one fuel truck before she sails. One truck won't even last her a day.

It's not the only fuel delivery. There was a fuel truck and trailer (so another 40000L or so) a few days back too, and who knows if there was others besides .

From a Canadian source, a fsg ferry running over there takes 6000L (give or take) to make a 5 hour journey with passengers and cars, so working off  that, a truck tanker load would give a ferry well over a day at sea, so a few truck loads should get it to ireland, and definitely to cherbourg .

Those figures are way out for a ship of Yates size, she would need around two trucks per day to operate a normal ferry service but her delivery voyage is not a normal service and will be running for a longer period so may well use more depending on the speed she goes at. I'm sure Irish Ferries would be over the moon is she used only 6000 litres of fuel per 5 hours Sea time. Do you happen to know how much fuel per day Ulysses uses?

My guess is the fuel is just about enough for her to get to Odense

She is not going to Odense. She has her scrubbers fitted already.

There was a large fuel truck on the quayside beside WB Yeats today on the FSG webcam. It left during the afternoon before sunset.

She will require a lot more than one fuel truck before she sails. One truck won't even last her a day.

When the eflexers come to repalce the Lagan & the Mersey. I wonder if Stena would send them both to Rosslare to start a daily French service. The Horizon could then be handed back to its owners. With all the unknowns about Brexit, the direct service will probably boom.