#FerriesDryDock – Irish Ferries Dublin-Holyhead main route vessel Ulysses which went off service yesterday for annual overhaul as previously reported has since docked in Birkenhead to join a Scottish ferry at Cammell Laird, writes Jehan Ashmore.

Ulysses's arrival on Merseyside involved her berthing at dry-dock no. 5 at Cammell Laird, the shipyard, maintenance and repairs facility.

At a neighbouring dry-dock to where Irish Ferries 1,875 passenger/ 1,342 car giant is to undergo overhaul maintenance is Caledonian Isles, a 1,000 passenger/110 car ferry that serves CalMac's Ardrossan-Brodick route.

Taking up Ulysses's 3 hours 15 minute sailings on Dublin route is Isle of Inishmore alongside sailings served by fast-ferry Jonathan Swift and ro-pax Epsilon. Asides her Welsh duties, Epsilon is to make her first sailing in 2015 from the Irish capital to France next Saturday.

As for CalMac operations, they transferred Hebrides, a 612 passenger ferry with space for almost 100 cars to take over Caledonian Isles 55 minute long sailings on the Ayrshire-Isle of Arran link. Hebrides, otherwise serves on the Uig - Tarbert/Lochmaddy routes.

Passengers travelling with the Scottish operator are advised to click this LINK, as ferries repositioning to other routes due to overhauls over the winter may affect journey times and connections.