#FerryNews – Brittany Ferries final end of season sailings on the weekend-only operated Cork-Roscoff route is next Saturday (2 November), writes Jehan Ashmore.

The Irish-French route as previously reported was started 35 years ago when the operator Bretagne-Angleterre Irlande (B.A.I) otherwise known as Brittany Ferries introduced the Armorique in 1978. 

Current route vessel the custom-built 41,748 tonnes flagship Pont-Aven has been running on the 14-hour service since her launch in 2004.

The 2,400 passenger /650 cabin cruiseferry equipped with a swimming pool returns to the Irish route to start the 2014 season with a sailing from Roscoff on 14 March.

Pont-Aven also serves the Roscoff-Plymouth route in tandem with the Armorique dating from 2008. In addition Pont-Aven runs on the 20.5 hour route from Plymouth to the northern Spainish port of Santander.