Thousands of seafarers will be guaranteed fair wages, proper rest periods and suitable training thanks to a new Seafarers’ Charter launched by the UK Government today.
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Between 2019 and 2025, five new vessels will have joined the fleet. And each one is much cleaner than the ship she replaces.
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Energy company Repsol has today inaugurated its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply terminal. The inauguration in Santander Spain was attended by Repsol’s Executive Managing Director of Circular Economy and Industrial Transformation, Juan Abascal and Brittany Ferries’ CEO Christophe Mathieu.
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As the summer season approaches, Brittany Ferries says passenger numbers are rising slowly towards pre-Covid levels. However, the slump in freight volumes that came post Brexit has continued and has even started to worsen this year.
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Today Friday 26th May, fast cross-Channel ferry sailings return to the Western Channel. The weekend summer service operated by the Condor Liberation fastcraft departed Portsmouth at 07:00 this morning, arriving at Cherbourg (Normandy) at 11:00. The return sailing departed Cherbourg at 11:50 and arrived at Poole at 13:35.
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Brittany Ferries has today announced the name of its forthcoming hybrid ship, which will sail between Portsmouth and Caen. Guillaume de Normandie will be the joint-largest hybrid vessel at sea when she joins the Brittany Ferries fleet in May 2025, sailing alongside sister-ship Saint-Malo.
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More Owners Opt to bring their Pets on Holiday. Brittany Ferries has revealed that 75,000 pets accompanied their owners travelling on their routes in 2022, an increase of almost 40,000 (114%) on the number of pets who travelled overseas with the company in 2021.
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"Social dumping is the unacceptable face of capitalism at sea and we have a duty to legislate against it," said Christophe Mathieu CEO Brittany Ferries. "A sustainable business model includes protection and support for the workforce.”
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Following its AGM last Friday 10th March 2023, Brittany Ferries today publishes passenger, freight and financial results, covering its financial year November 2021 to October 2022.
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Santoña is powered by cleaner liquefied natural gas (LNG). That means passengers, freight drivers and crew can expect a smoother and quieter ride on this state-of-the-art E-Flexer class ship. Crucially, it also means far fewer air quality and CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from her funnel.
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Forward reservations are up by 20 per cent. In total, 125,000 more passengers have booked to travel with Brittany Ferries, compared with the same period last year.
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50 Years at Sea - picture story and link to 3 minute video
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Since the first voyage on 2 January 1973, Brittany Ferries' aim has been to connect people, facilitate trade and to enrich the regions it serves, culturally and economically.
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The people we link, from the north west of France and south west of the UK, are closer geographically and culturally than they are to centres of power in Paris and London.
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Today – 20 December 2022 – tickets have gone on sale for voyages taking place from 1 March 2023.
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“We fully support this excellent measure introduced by the British government to prevent a race-to-the-bottom in our industry,” said Christophe Mathieu CEO Brittany Ferries.
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Plymouth/Portsmouth/Poole-based ferry company Brittany Ferries took five awards at the 2022 British Travel Awards which took place in London on Tuesday 29th November. Four are gold, with one silver.
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Dremmwel - the soundtrack to the start of a holiday for an estimated 24.6 million passengers. Music from the four-piece has been used as wake-up tunes in cabins on board since 2009.
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CEO speech 23 March 2023 Bilbao
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