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#FerryNews - Operator, Stena Line has dropped plans for a £5m upgrade at its Port of Fishguard terminal in Pembrokeshire, south Wales.

The company, BBC News reports was planning to replace the flexible ship-to-shore bridge that allows vehicles and passengers on or off at different heights of the tide.

The work would have meant the closure of the port for three months early next year.

Stena said it did not now "have a timescale for future developments".

The ferry operator invited tenders last year for the work to replace the Linkspan bridge on its Fishguard to Rosslare route.

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#FerryNews - The south Wales port of Fishguard's ferry terminal could close for up to three months according to the operator, Stena Line.

The temporary closure reports BBC News, would allow for the replacement of the mechanised bridge that links the ferries to the dock in a £5m project.

It is understood that the most likely period is from February next year.

Stena Line said it was "committed to examining the possibilities of investing in key elements of the port infrastructure".

The company is looking at replacing the current Linkspan provision, the key ship-to-shore connection that allows vehicles to board and disembark at different tide heights.

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Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023 Cruisers Three

A 19-boat Cruisers Three IRC fleet will compete at Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2023: 

  • GBR 144 Gerda Soling Andrew Riches
  • GBR 9140Y HRT Charisma 22 Mini Tonner Charles Adams
  • 5637Y F A 2 Limbo 6.6 Charlie McAllister
  • IRL 2 Chinook Soling Cormac Murphy
  • IRL 2855 Pamafe First 285 Gerry Costello
  • GBR 9589 Checkmate Impala 28 Ian McMillan
  • FRA 8214 Protis 1/4 Tonner Ian Southworth
  • IRL 89100 Imprint Formula 28 Johnny Flood
  • GBR 2840 She Too She 31 Jonathan Fawcett
  • IRL 7115 Gecko Kevin Darmody
  • IRL 1751 Illegal Kieran Dorgan
  • IRL 8001 Jibberish Lorcan O'Brien McLoughlin
  • IRL 90210 SNOOPY Martin Mahon
  • IRL 246 Saki Nicholson 31 Michael Ryan
  • IRL 35 ELEINT Trapper 300 Michal Matulka
  • IRL 3 ROMANCE II Soling Paul Tully
  • IRL 9554 Kahera Russell Camier
  • GBR 5373 HONEY BEE Hunter HB31 William Partington
  • IRL 307 Wynward Wyn McCormack