Rosslare Europort

Ferry Route Rosslare Europort-France Announced Offers Six-Day Weekly Sailings

27th November 2020 Rosslare Europort

A new ferry route between Rosslare Europort and Dunkirk in northern France offering a six-day weekly service has been announced by logistics giant DFDS. The new direct ro-ro service is aimed at giving hauliers and the wider Irish industry sector…

Rosslare Europort Seeks New Harbour Master

6th October 2020 Rosslare Europort

Iarnród Éireann is inviting applications for the position of Harbour Master at Rosslare Europort. The closing date is Friday 29 October for suitably qualified candidates for the job — which would involve overseeing the safe and efficient management Ireland’s second-busiest…

Glenn Carr, general manager of Rosslare Europort says hauliers want certainty and frequency beyond a three-days-a-week service (to the continental mainland). Above this file photo of the ferryport where the access road to the port terminal. Ferries ply on routine trade to the UK, France and Spain while on left AFLOAT adds is cruiseship Braemar of Fred Olsen Lines.

Rosslare Europort In Discussion for New Direct 'Daily' Ferry Service to Continental Mainland

6th October 2020 Rosslare Europort

As Afloat reported today Rosslare Europort recently received a relief ferry to the port which is in advanced talks with a shipping company to start a direct ro-ro service to continental Europe. The talks, writes The Irish Times, is from…

All together now as a trio of Stena ferries gather in Rosslare Europort with the first time arrival of Stena Vinga (on right) which is serving as Irish Sea relief duty vessel this winter. Afloat also adds however that the ferry firstly is operating on the Ireland-France (Cherbourg) connection though tonights 21:30 sailing from Rosslare has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

Ferry First As Scandinavian Fleetmate Joins Stena Operations Out of Rosslare Europort

6th October 2020 Rosslare Europort

Afloat highlights the above busy scene as a trio of ferries and all from the same operator gathered recently in Rosslare Europort, writes Jehan Ashmore. Most notably among the Stena Line ferries was the arrival of Stena Vinga (on right)…

Rosslare Europort welcomed the Dutch Ambassador to see plans for offshore wind energy and how the Irish port will handle traffic post-Brexit. AFLOAT adds the Irish south-east port is seen earlier this month with a project cargo of new LUAS trams (bound for Dublin) which arrived from Cherbourg, France using the Stena Line service operated by ropax Stena Horizon. Also present in port was fleetmate Stena Europe when preparing to berth from Fishguard, Wales.

Rosslare Europort Receives Dutch Ambassador to Explore Port's Potential

22nd September 2020 Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Europort is where the Dutch Ambassador Adriaan Palm visited on Friday to see for himself plans that are being put in place for offshore wind energy as well as gauging the Wexford ferryport's viability in terms of handling imports…

Set for a €30m investment, and transformation is Rosslare Europort as a new Port Masterplan, for which planning permission is about to be sought. ABOVE AFLOAT adds is the south-east port's current compound layout with ferry terminal dating to 1989. Also identified are ships (left to right): Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Braemar, Stena Line's Fishguard route superferry Stena Europe (currently at H&W, Belfast) and Irish Ferries cruiseferry Isle of Inishmore underway bound for Pembroke, south Wales.

Investment of €30m at Rosslare Europort, As Planning Permission Submitted for Port Masterplan

3rd July 2020 Rosslare Europort

Port authority Iarnród Éireann, operator of Rosslare Europort, is to undergo a major transformation as part of its Port Masterplan, as the authority is set to apply for planning permission next week. The Masterplan, together with initiatives under the strategic…

Wexford's ferryport of Rosslare as seen in April where Irish Ferries cruisferry Isle of Inishmore is preparing to depart for Pembroke and Stena Line's ropax ferry Stena Horizon which connects Cherbourg. In addition is Brittany Ferries 'economie' branded ropax Kerry (which AFLOAT adds is seen as a 'dot' above the bridge of the Stena ferry) which arrived from Bilbao awaits offshore for a berth to become vacant.

Rosslare District Chairman in Favour of Any Endeavour to Develop Europort

2nd June 2020 Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Europort is where political rivalries have been put aside in a bid to finally see the (ferry) port achieve its potential. Although Chairman of the Rosslare District Cllr Ger Carthy went head to head with independent TD Verona Murphy…

Sunny South-East: Rosslare Europort where AFLOAT adds is Stena Line's ropax Stena Horizon serving Cherbourg and newcomer rival to the Wexford port, Brittany Ferries, whose Kerry (also ropax) in March was to have launched a new service to Roscoff, however advise from Irish and France governments due to Covid-19 prevented the launch, though the 'économie' branded route is rescheduled to start this month (a fortnight from today, Monday 15 June). A third operator, Irish Ferries (likewise of Stena) also runs a route to Pembrokeshire, south Wales. Irish Ferries abandoned their services to Roscoff/Cherbourg in favour of basing W.B. Yeats on the Dublin-Holyhead/Cherbourg routes, the latter currently served by ropax Epsilon.

Rosslare's Manager Says Europort Can Take One Fifth of Dublin Port Activity

1st June 2020 Rosslare Europort

The ferryport of Rosslare Europort will undergo a €30m transformation over the next five years and is the ideal port to alleviate traffic congestion and lessen pollution in Dublin, according to manager Glenn Carr. As the New Ross Standard reports,…

Rosslare Europort Business Park Energises Offshore Renewable Wind

6th May 2020 Rosslare Europort

A Dutch company is to establish an offshore wind supply base at the Port of Rosslare. In early 2020, XELLZ secured approximately 200,000 sqm of land at the port of Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland. XELLZ has now divided…

The formation of trailers and tugs into the words “Stay Home” at Rosslare. See video below

Rosslare Europort "Stay Home" Appeal (Video)

26th April 2020 Rosslare Europort

TUG drivers and hauliers using Rosslare Europort have created a “stay home” message which has been captured by drone photography. The formation of trailers and tugs into the words “Stay Home” is intended to appeal to non-essential travellers during the…

Brexit: Border Inspection Post at Rosslare Europort Nearing Completion

22nd October 2019 Rosslare Europort

At one of the country's key transport hubs, the managers of Rosslare Europort have insisted that they are ready for Brexit - whenever and however it happens. Work is almost complete according to RTE News, on a new border inspection…

New Service? - Rosslare Europort to Le Havre, France Shipping Route Could Benefit Waterford

11th October 2019 Rosslare Europort

In Waterford, the Green Party has welcomed moves to open a new shipping route linking Rosslare Europort to Le Havre in France. An Irish delegation according to WaterfordLive, met with representatives of the French government and officials from the port…

Europort: Is Rosslare Ready for Brexit?

3rd August 2019 Rosslare Europort

The WexfordPeople writes, following his visit to Wexford to officially open the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy bypass, pictures were circulated of a smiling Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meeting with representatives at Rosslare Europort. Having shed his tie after a long day,…

Government Paid €1.6m for Rosslare Europort Site to Carry Out Checks in Event of No-Deal Brexit

24th June 2019 Rosslare Europort

The Government has paid €1.6 million for a site near Rosslare EuroPort where State inspectors will carry out checks on UK imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The purchase price paid by the Office of Public Works (OPW)…

Europort in A Storm - Rosslare Out to Catch Brexit Tide

30th April 2019 Rosslare Europort

#ferries - At the end of last year Irish Continental Group (ICG) announced its decision not to run its Irish Ferries services this summer to France from Rosslare, Co Wexford, the move was met with both surprise and shock in…

Rosslare port is the closest, geographically speaking, to mainland Europe. AFLOAT adds the busy scene of the south-east ferryport taken in January features: Stena Europe (on left) currently undergoing extensive refit work in a dry-dock in Turkey. Taking its place on the Fishguard route is Stena Nordica (on right) having stood in previously on the Cherbourg route while Stena Horizon (not in photo) was away also providing winter dry-dock relief of fleetmates on north Irish Sea routes. In the centre is freight-only ferry Stena Forerunner redeployed from Belfast-Birkenhead (Liverpool) to undertake a 'once-off' round trip on the French service.

Europort: Rosslare Hopes for Post-Brexit Bounce

7th April 2019 Rosslare Europort

#ferries - As RTE reports here's something you don't hear everyday, especially from someone involved in the Irish transport industry. "Brexit, we believe, will bring opportunities." The man uttering these words is Glenn Carr, the general manager of Rosslare Europort. It…