Brittany Ferries ‣ WorldCargo News

Brittany Ferries reports return to growth

News31 Oct 2023

Passengers for the summer season 2023 (June-September) were better than summer 2022, but freight traffic was down; finger pointed at price d...

News25 Apr 2022

Brittany Ferries will adopt the modalohr system from Lohr Industrie for its new rail freight service between Cherbourg and Bayonne, and beco...

News13 Jan 2022

The first CMA CGM containers have been transported from Le Havre to Portsmouth on board Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax vessel COTENTIN...

News6 Nov 2021

The French ferry operator is introducing a freight only service in response to demand from Irish shippers for a GB landbridge bypass; Irish ...

News15 Sep 2021

Through this agreement, which includes €10M in "quasi equity," CMA CGM is seeking to support Brittany Ferries’ post-Covid-19 recovery...

News21 Jul 2021

Two new vessels ships will run on gas, battery power or a combination of the two on Portsmouth-Normandy ports lines from 2024-25...

News3 Feb 2021

Unlike shorter accompanied crossings, says Cuxport, this freight ro-ro service is functioning very well, despite the end of the Brexit trans...

News28 Jan 2021

DFDS has introduced a bigger ferry onto its Dunkirk-Rosslare service in response to strong market take-up. Separately, Brittany Ferries has ...

News17 Oct 2020

The French ro-pax operator says that several major customers have indicated their intention to increase business next year...

News22 Feb 2020

The French ro-pax shipping line will introduce its own intermodal rail service using the Modalohr technique between Bayonne and Cherbourg, t...

News15 Nov 2019

Rhenus-Arkon-Shipinvest has placed orders for the first four environmentally-friendly vessels known as Hanse Eco Short Sea Coasters; Unifeed...

News27 Mar 2019

Stena RoRo has placed an order for a further newbuild in its Stena E-Flexer RoPax class with Chinese shipyard AVIC International...

News13 Aug 2018

The new £9M double-deck linkspan at the UK’s Port of Portsmouth has been officially opened by Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani MP...

News24 Jan 2018

The French ro-pax operator will introduce its first ever direct link between Ireland and Spain (Cork-Santander) in April...

News1 Aug 2017

In June Brittany Ferries confirmed a €195M order with FSG Flensburg for a 1680-pax cruise ferry powered by LNG, to enter service on the li...