Cap Fin returns : and it’s full speed ahead for freight-friendly services to Spain

• Truck carrying boat departing ship - credit Alfonso Diaz
• Cap Finistere and El Punto beach - credit Elena Fernandez

On Monday 19^th July Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax ferry Cap Finistère returns to service on the company’s Portsmouth to Bilbao route. The restart follows an extended six-month break in the ship’s sailings forced by coronavirus travel restrictions, and consequent drop in freight and passenger demand.

But now demand is returning, and the first Cap Finistère sailing of 2021 will depart Portsmouth for Bilbao at 17:00 on Monday 19^th July. The ship will offer three weekly round trips linking the UK and Spanish ports, with a range of sailing times designed with hauliers in mind. These include popular weekend departures leaving Portsmouth on Saturday lunchtimes and departing Bilbao on Sunday afternoons – thereby getting around weekend driving bans in France.

Cap Finistère’s homecoming marks a welcome return to full capacity and service frequency on Brittany Ferries’ UK to Spain routes. Altogether four ships (including the company’s newest and largest freight carrying vessel Galicia) will link five ports: Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth in South UK and, Santander and Bilbao in northern Spain.

In total there will now be nine weekly southbound sailings and nine weekly northbound sailings between the UK and Iberian Peninsula.

 

Brittany Ferries’ regular weekly UK/Spain timetable commencing Monday 19^th July 2021:

 

UK to Spain timetable

Day	Depart	Time	Arrive	Time	Ship
Monday	Portsmouth	17:00	Bilbao	17:30*	Cap Finistère
Tuesday	Portsmouth	09:00	Santander	14:30*	Galicia
	Poole	23:59	Bilbao	14:00†	Pelican
Wednesday	Plymouth	15:45	Santander	13:15*	Pont-Aven
	Portsmouth	23:00	Bilbao	07:45†	Cap Finistère
Thursday	Portsmouth	22:15	Santander	08:00†	Galicia
Saturday	Portsmouth	12:00	Bilbao	12:45*	Cap Finistère
	Poole	16:00	Bilbao	08:00†	Pelican
Sunday	Plymouth	16:45	Santander	14:00*	Pont-Aven

*denotes arrival the following day; †denotes arrival two days later

 

Spain to UK timetable

Day	Depart	Time	Arrive	Time	Ship
Monday	Bilbao	14:00	Poole	20:00*	Pelican
	Santander	17:00	Plymouth	14:00*	Pont-Aven
Tuesday	Bilbao	20:30	Portsmouth	20:30*	Cap Finistère
Wednesday	Santander	17:30	Portsmouth	19:15*	Galicia
Thursday	Santander	15:45	Plymouth	10:45*	Pont-Aven
	Bilbao	20:00	Poole	10:00†	Pelican
Friday	Bilbao	10:30	Portsmouth	09:15*	Cap Finistère
Saturday	Santander	15:00	Portsmouth	20:00*	Galicia
Sunday	Bilbao	15:30	Portsmouth	14:15*	Cap Finistère

*denotes arrival the following day; †denotes arrival two days later

For more information visit www.brittanyferriesfreight.co.uk, or call Brittany Ferries Freight Reservations on +44 (0)330 159 5000.

 

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