"Pompey residents used to the visceral thumping of cruise ship diesel engines have started to call our hybrids The Brittany Ferries’ ghost ships.”
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Figures from June to September reveal an overall three percent increase in passengers. In total 1,200,522 people took to the sea on the so-called Atlantic Arc, 33,341 more than the previous summer.
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The issue of methane slip has been significantly over-estimated, independent study reveals. Brittany Ferries calls for urgent action to strike "phantom emissions" from tax rules
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Western Channel ferry operator Brittany Ferries today launches its latest timetables for journeys to France up until November 2026, allowing holidaymakers to plan for French holidays and breaks this winter, and into next spring, summer and autumn.
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The company celebrates the end of a 550 million euro investment. Five ships in five years, replacing half the existing fleet.
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First visit of Guillaume de Normandie into Portsmouth. Tuesday 1 April 2025. She marks the final step in the biggest fleet renewal programme in company history.
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Cleaner and greener, LNG-electric hybrid ship; Saint-Malo is a love letter to a modern & vibrant Brittany region. She enters service Portsmouth-St Malo route on 12 February 2025
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The first-ever LNG re-fuelling operation took place in Portsmouth International Port.
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Saint-Malo in summary - courtesy of Portsmouth News and Brian Bracher for Strong Island
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While the first call of Saint-Malo generated plenty of noise and fanfare, there was nothing to see from her funnel:
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Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has published its 2025 timetables and is now taking bookings for ferry crossings to western France and northern Spain right through until 2nd November 2025.
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Brittany Ferries welcomes a £19.8m award to Portsmouth International Port from the Zero Emissions Vessels and Infrastructure competition (ZEVI), funded by UK Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.
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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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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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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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Her batteries will boast a capacity of 11.5 MWh, approximately double that typically used for hybrid propulsion in marine vessels.
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Bretagne’s replacement will be a hybrid ship. She will be powered by cleaner LNG (liquefied natural gas), by battery power or by a combination of the two. And she will be called The Saint-Malo.
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