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A mini cruise on the Rosalind Franklin (ex-Bretagne)
Since being sold by Brittany Ferries in March 2025 the 1989-built cruise ferry Bretagne, now renamed Rosalind Franklin, has been in active use for new owners Balearia, primarily on routes…
Superfast X: From overnight ship to day ferry and back again
The recent announcement that Corsica Linea’s A NEPITA will be heading to Canada prompts recollection of a September 2025 voyage from Marseille to Propriano, Corsica, where we caught up with…
The new Manxman – August 2023
This voyage report was first published on The Ferry Forums – https://theferryforums.com/ On the August Bank Holiday weekend together with a couple of friends I took the opportunity to sail…
Honfleur vs Rusadir
In April Balearia introduced the effectively brand new Rusadir (ex-Honfleur) onto their route between Malaga and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa. The history of this ship is…
Sailing on the Daleela from Limassol to Piraeus
In October 2001 Salamis Lines? Salamis Star made her final ferry crossing between Piraeus in Greece and Limassol in Cyprus, bringing an end to almost a quarter century of car…
Thoughts on the loss of the Euroferry Olympia
Early in the morning of Friday 18th February, about ten miles north of Corfu and 25 miles west of Albania, a fire broke out on the vehicle deck of Grimaldi…
Mega Express Four
In early February 2021 it was confirmed that Irish Ferries were chartering the Mega Express Four from Corsica/Sardinia Ferries for a two month period to provide refit cover on their…
Destination Gotland’s Visby (2003)
There has been much speculation recently about Destination Gotland’s fast ro-pax the Visby, with her owners announcing the ship will be chartered out from December for a six month period…
A voyage on the Express Olympia (ex-Viking 4, Earl Granville) in 2003
Back in 2003 the ferry routes from Piraeus to the islands of the Aegean remained largely in the hands of second hand tonnage from northern Europe and Japan. Car carrying…
The art of the Baie de Seine
Brittany Ferries introduced the Baie de Seine on their ‘?conomie’ services in Spring 2015; it was immediately clear that, although still a ro-pax rather than a cruise ferry, she featured…
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