P&O Irish Sea

P&O Irish Sea
Fate rebranded as P&O Ferries
Predecessor P&O European Ferries
Founded 1998
Defunct 2010
Headquarters Dover, England
Area served
 Irish Sea
Services Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
Parent P&O
Website www.poirishsea.com
Footnotes / references

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P&O Irish Sea was the trading name of P&O Ferries in the Irish Sea from 1998 to 2010, when it was merged back into and rebranded P&O Ferries.

History

P&O Irish Sea was formed in 1998, following the merger of the Cairnryan-based service of P&O European Ferries (Felixstowe) Ltd and Pandoro Ltd (who operated routes between England, Scotland and France to Ireland).[1]

In 1999, P&O Irish Sea announced its intentions to purchase a purpose-built Ro-Pax (roll-on, roll-off, vehicle/passenger) vessel from Mitsubishi of Japan for the Liverpool – Dublin route. This would see the transfer of the European Leader to the Fleetwood route.

In 2004, P&O closed its Fleetwood – Larne services with the sale of all interests. In addition to the service rights, European Leader, European Pioneer and European Seafarer were sold to the Swedish Stena Line group. At the same time, P&O announced the closure of the Mostyn – Dublin service due to low passenger numbers; this led to the sale of European Ambassador and European Envoy for further service in Europe. In 2005, the company withdrew from the Rosslare – Cherbourg route; this was taken over by a new company, Celtic Link Ferries, who also purchased European Diplomat.[2]

In 2010, P&O Irish Sea was merged back into P&O Ferries and rebranded accordingly.

Routes

P&O Irish Sea operated many routes across the Irish Sea:

Fleet

P&O Irish Sea operated a large fleet of vessels during its twelve years in operation.

Name Built In service Tonnage Fate
Celtic Star19911999–2003
2008–2010		11,086 GTChartered
European Ambassador20002000–200424,206 GTSold to Stena Line
European Causeway20002000–201020,646 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
European Diplomat19782001–200518,732 GTSold to Celtic Link Ferries
European Endeavour19781998–20028,097 GTSold to Transeuropa Ferries
European Endeavour20002007–201022,152 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
European Envoy19791998–20046,310 GTSold to Kystlink
European Highlander20022002–201020,464 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
European Leader19751998–200412,879 GTSold to Stena Line
European Mariner19781998–20101,598 GTBroken up in 2011
European Navigator19761998–20023,809 GTSold to AB Maritime
European Pathfinder19761998–20023,335 GTSold to Transeuropa Ferries
European Pioneer19751998–200410,957 GTSold to Stena Line
European Seafarer19751998–200410,957 GTSold to Stena Line
Express19982005–20105,902 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
Jetliner19961998–20004,675 GTChartered
Norbank19942002–201017,464 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
Norbay19932002–201017,654 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
Norcape19792010–201014,087 GTContinued service with P&O Ferries
Pride of Rathlin19731998–200012,503 GTSold to Indonesian ferry operator
RR Triumph19972006–20077,606 GTChartered
Superstar Express19982000–20045,517 GTChartered

See also

References

  1. ↑ "P&O Irish Sea Ferries - History 1". Archived from the original on 27 May 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "P&O Irish Sea Ferries - History 8". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
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