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Minister Visits Rosslare Ferryport Where Wind Energy Plan Could Bring Hundreds of Jobs
Rosslare Europort rolled out the red carpet as Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton recently made a private briefing with management at the port which Afloat previously reported has attracted offshore renewable wind business.
Her arrival, writes Wexford People, was without fanfare or photo opportunities and was said to be one of several visits she's undertaken to ports across the country to better get a handle on her brief as Minister of State with responsibility for international and road travel and logistics.
General Manager at the Europort Glenn Carr said that the meeting was a positive one and the Minister seemed supportive of their aim to grow their operations, with Rosslare [see masterplan] being best placed for a post-Brexit landscape, being the closest Irish port to mainland Europe.
Afloat.ie adds the south-east ferryport is served by Irish Ferries (to Pembroke, Wales), Stena Line (Fishguard, Wales and Cherbourg, France) in addition to Brittany Ferries (Bilbao, Spain) which replaced the Cork-Santander service earlier this year.
The same operator also launched a new 'seasonal' Roscoff route but was short-lived due to Covid-19 travel restrictions but this has been replaced with albeit next year's opening of a service to Cherbourg, due to demand by hauliers but at the expense of high-season holidaymakers. This longer route but closer to Paris and the 'BeNeLux' nations is scheduled to begin next March in competition with Stena Line's year round operation.
There is also a trade vehicle service provided by Neptune Lines linking the UK and also connecting mainland Europe through ports in France and Spain.