The Port of Holyhead, North Wales, reopened yesterday (7Jan) evening after a "berthing incident" involving a Stena Line ferry, which closed the facility earlier that day.
The incident at the port’s 2-berth ferry terminal was confirmed by Stena Line, which is a key piece of infrastructure for Irish exports from Dublin Port, having been shut after an incident involving the E-Flexer series Stena Estrid.
In an update, the company, which also operates the Port of Holyhead, said that localised hull damage was sustained to Stena Estrid when approaching the T3 berth linkspan in the morning.
The ferry Afloat tracked has since been removed for repairs, having shifted berths to the nearby cruise jetty, which required the attendance of the port’s tug St. David.
The ferry port was then able to reopen at 5.30pm with sailing schedules resumed using the port’s T3 berth. At the adjacent T5 berth is where a previous incident took place on 4 December, which remains shut to enable repairs but is also expected to reopen soon.
More RTE News reports on the UK's second-largest ferry port, where another berthing incident took place at T5 before the peak of Storm Darragh in December 2024.
A replacement ferry from Fishguard, Stena Nordica, as Afloat reported, took over the roster of the 'Estrid,' which, by coincidence, was scheduled on the same day of the berthing incident.
