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Irish Continental Line

Irish Ferries Ltd
Division
Industry Transportation & Tourism
Predecessor B&I Line; Irish Continental Line
Founded 1992
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland
Number of locations
Dublin Port, Ireland, Holyhead Port, Wales, Rosslare Europort, Ireland, Pembroke Dock, Wales, Cherbourg, France & Roscoff, France
Area served
France, Ireland & United Kingdom
Key people
Eamonn Rothwell, CEO
Services Passenger transportation, Freight transportation;
Parent Irish Continental Group
Divisions Irish Ferries; Eucon
Subsidiaries Irish Ferries Freight; Dublin Ferryport Terminals; Belfast Container Terminal
Website www.irishferries.com

Irish Ferries is a division of the Irish Continental Group (ICG) which trades on the and the .

The company operates passenger and freight routes between Ireland, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, particularly: Dublin PortHolyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Roscoff and Cherbourg in France. ICG also owns the Eucon container line which operates vessels on routes operating between Ireland and the continent.

The company's flagship, MV Ulysses, is currently the largest ROPAX ferry operating on the Irish Sea and when launched (2001) was the world's largest car ferry in terms of car-carrying capacity. Other ships in the fleet include MS Isle of Inishmore, MS Oscar Wilde and the fast ferry HSC Jonathan Swift (a.k.a. Dublin Swift as she is currently promoted). The company also charters out a vessel, MV Kaitaki to Interisland Line, and charters in a ro-pax vessel, MS Epsilon. The company used to charter Pride of Bilbao, but sold her to St. Peter Line in 2013, who renamed her Princess Anastasia.

Irish Continental Line was formed in 1973 as a joint venture between Irish Shipping Limited, Fearnley & Eger and Swedish company Lion Ferry. It originally operated on the Rosslare–Le Havre route with the 547 berth, 210 car ferry Saint Patrick. When Irish Shipping Ltd. went into liquidation in 1984, Irish Continental Line was sold off in a management buyout and emerged as Irish Continental Group.


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