Connecting Ireland after Brexit
Year 2021
MAY
Date
03-05-2021
Route
Rotterdam/Zeebrugge – Dublin
CLdN To Add More Ships on route
Today CLdN announced the addition of 2 roro ships in week 20
- 2,600 lane metre CADENA 3
- 4,000 lane metre ALF POLLAK (sub-chartered from CIN)
Year 2021
APRIL
Date
30-04-2021
Route
Belgium – Ireland
Grimaldi Lines Today Grimaldi Group announced the start of Antwerp-Cork in May.
- Ship: EUROCARGO BARI (roro)
- Frequency: 2x/week
Date
01-04-2021
Route
Dunkerque – Rosslare
DFDS introduces a 4th freight ferry.
ARK DANIA: capacity 188 truck units (including 12 driver accompanied units and 176 unaccompanied units)
Year 2021
MARCH
Date
26-03-2021
Route
Irish Ferries on Dover – Calais
Today Irish Ferries announced the start of a Dover-Calais service in June.
Ship: ISLE OF INISHMORE (followed by 2 more later)
Concept: Landbridge + Common Transit Convention
Source: Irish Ferries
Date
26-03-2021
Route
Rosslare – Pembroke
Today Irish Ferries announced the charter of a ropax from Attica.
Ship: BLUE STAR 1
Source: Irish Ferries
Date
??-03-2021
Route
Zeebrugge – Dublin
CLdN to add a 3rd sailing
Ship: CADENA 3 (ex MASSIMO MURA)
Date
01-03-2021
Route
Irish Government
Government Operational Update
Two months post Brexit transition
(source: gov.ie)
Year 2021
FEBRUARY
Date
07-02-2021
Route
Vado Ligure (Italy) > Dublin
Date of departure of MEGA EXPRESS FOUR (Corsica Ferries) from Vado Ligure.
Dublin-bound (ETA 11-02).
Two-month charter for Irish Ferries. Ireland to UK and France.
Date
02-02-2021
Route
Rosslare – St Malo and Cork – Roscoff
Brittany Ferries announces the start of 3 new freight-only services from Ireland to France
Source: Brittany Ferries
Date
01-02-2021
Route
Rosslare
January freight traffic up 45% at Rosslare Europort
European freight up 446% year-on-year
Read more: RTE
Year 2021
JANUARY
Date
27-01-2021
Route
Dunkerque (Rosslare)
First departure of DROTTEN. Chartered by DFDS to replace OPTIMA SEAWAYS.
Date
25-01-2021
Route
Amsterdam (Dublin)
Start of new container feeder service
by Samskip
(weekly return)
(source: Samskip)
Date
24-01-2021
Route
Belfast – Liverpool
First sailing of STENA EMBLA on this route after a spell covering for STENA HORIZON on Rosslare – Cherbourg.
Date
23-01-2021
Route
Belfast (Cairnryan and Heysham)
Stena Line: Eight additional sailings over three days in response to freight demand.
Source: NI Ferry
Date
23-01-2021
Route
Dublin (Cherbourg)
First departure of
STENA ESTRID to Cherbourg
(normal route: Dublin-Holyhead)
(source: RTE)
Date
18-01-2021
Route
Rosslare (Cherbourg)
First arrival CAP FINISTERE, Brittany Ferries. Start of weekly return service to Cherbourg
(two months ahead of schedule)
(source: Brittany Ferries)
Date
14-01-2021
Route
Rosslare (Cherbourg)
First departure of STENA EMBLA. Stena Line has decided to temporarily deploy the ropax on Rosslare-Cherbourg. 3 round trips/week. (normal route: Belfast-Liverpool)
(source Stena Line) (photo: Rosslare Europort)
Date
07-01-2021
Route
Cork (Zeebrugge)
Start of second weekly call
of a CLdN roro (MELUSINE)
(Source: Port of Cork)
Date
06-01-2021
Route
Dublin (Cherbourg)
W.B. YEATS, Irish Ferries’ largest ropax, starts to sail on the Dublin-Cherbourg route instead of EPSILON which will replace W.B. YEATS on Dublin-Holyhead. (3 round trips/week)
Year 2020
DECEMBER
Date
22-12-2020
Route
Rosslare (Cherbourg)
First departure of roro STENA FORETELLER, ahead of its original date of 4 January 2021.
(source: Stena Line)
Date
10-12-2020
Route
Rosslare-Cherbourg
Stena Line announced that it will add an additional freight-only vessel to its Rosslare to Cherbourg route from 4 January 2021. STENA FORETELLER will join STENA HORIZON which already operates on the route, doubling the freight capacity as well as the frequency of sailings (2×3 round trips/week) between Ireland and the Continent.
(source: Stena Line)