The company that owns Irish Ferries is to splash out €165 million on the largest ferry in the world to run between Dublin and Holyhead.
Irish Continental Group has agreed terms with a German manufacturer to build the vessel, which will have the largest vehicle capacity of any ferry. She will carry 1,800 passengers and crew with a maximum of 330 trucks or 1,500 cars and 152 passenger cabins. The ship will increase ICG’s peak freight capacity by 50 per cent.
The ferry is to be delivered by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft & Co (FSG) in 2020 and will be used on Irish Ferries’ Dublin to Holyhead route.
Eamonn Rothwell, chief executive of ICG, said: “This investment underpins the confidence the group has in the markets in