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Sailing cancelled due to technical trouble
The "Connemara" suffered a technical problem sailing between Cork and Santander on Sep 13, The 10.30 p.m. service was cancelled due to the technical issue which affected its engine and required immediate repair works.
Brittany Ferries’ CONNEMARA entered service on 6 May
Brittany Ferries’ first route between Ireland and Spain started on 6 May when its newly chartered ro-pax CONNEMARA sailed from Santander at 12:00 to the port of Cork, arriving at 15:00 hrs on 7 May. The service was to have started at the end of April, but Brittany Ferries wanted to get the vessel just right for its first venture into Spain with a drydocking and upgrade package at the Astander Shipyard in Santander.
Ferry suffered engine malfunction
The "Asterion", while bound from Patras for Igoumenitsa with 56 crew members and 45 passengers on board, had a starboard main engine cooling system malfunction in Gulf of Patras, in lat 38 14.9N, long 21 28.1E, at 2340, UTC, on Feb 5 2018. The ferry returned to Patras on one engine, where it safely disembarked its passengers and their vehicles. The Patras port authority banned the vessel from sailing until the engine was repaired and a class certificate of seaworthiness was issued. The passengers were forwarded to their destinations on another vessel.
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