Irish Continental Disruption To The Vessel Ulysses
09 July 2018 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMICGC
Irish Continental Group Plc (ICG)
Disruption to the vessel Ulysses
ICG announces that the Ulysses, operated by ICG's subsidiary Irish
Ferries on the Dublin / Holyhead route, reported technical difficulties
with its Starboard Controllable Pitch Propeller on the 24(th) June. The
vessel entered drydock in Belfast on the 28(th) June. The investigation
and repairs to the vessel were expected to take no longer than 5 days
allowing her to resume service on the 4(th) July. We have now been
informed by service engineers that the issue is more serious than
originally anticipated and they expect the vessel will be out of service
for a further period of 1 to 2 weeks.
In advance of her return to service, we will adjust the schedules of our
other vessels to minimise the disruption to our customers as much as
possible. The Dublin / Holyhead route will operate with the Epsilon on
the Ulysses schedule alongside the Dublin Swift which will operate
additional evening sailings.
Irish Ferries would like to apologise to all our passenger and freight
customers for this technical disruption. Despite our best efforts we can
find no replacement tonnage in what is now the peak tourism season. It
is the first major disruption on the Ulysses since her deployment on the
Dublin Holyhead service in 2001.
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Enquiries:
Irish Continental Group plc
Eamonn Rothwell, CEO: +353 1 607 5628
David Ledwidge, CFO: +353 1 607 5628
For media enquiries: Gerry O'Sullivan Q4 Communications +353 1 4751444
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