Thursday 23rd February 2012
P&O Ferries today (24 January) took delivery of its second new €180 million ship, Spirit of France, during a handover ceremony at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
Spirit of France then began its 1,400 mile voyage to Dover under the command of Captain Steve...Read more
P&O Ferries will on Tuesday 24 January take delivery of its second new €180 million ship, Spirit of France, during a handover ceremony at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
Spirit of France will then commence its 1,400 mile voyage to Dover under the command...Read more
The blog has been a little bit quiet recently, but with work well underway to fit-out the internal spaces of the Spirit of France the truth is, at this stage, there’s not much to see that we didn’t already see with her predecessor.
However, with less than...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. With all the excitement and media attention surrounding the arrival of the Spirit of Britain, it’s easy to forget that back in Finland her sister ship, the Spirit of France, is coming along nicely.
These latest pictures show the Spirit of France now...Read more
Having negotiated over 100 miles of ice flow (the worst seen in 30 years), 40mph snow storms and some very testing sea conditions in the North Sea, the Spirit of Britain finally entered Dover harbour shortly after 11am on Sunday 9th January.
Greeted by glorious sunshine and...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. Normally I’d look to amaze you with stories of how temperatures in the yard have plumeted to -25, but with the artic weather we are currently experiencing here in the UK, there will be a few of you who currently have very...Read more
The Spirit of Britain's new look Food...Read more
The Spirit of Britain has just completed four days of sea trials in the Baltic Sea off Rauma.
It is fair to say that conditions were a little testing, with force 8 winds ensuring she was put well and truly through her paces. Thankfully, our technical colleagues...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. With daylight hours increasingly at a premium as the Finnish winter draws in, we’ve brought you a couple of internal shots of the Spirit of Britain this month as she prepares for her forthcoming sea trials.
We did...Read more
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