Sunday 20th May 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
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
The Spirit of France took to the water for the first time last Friday (18th Feb) when she was floated out of her construction dock at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
P&O Ferries CEO Helen Deeble and the ship’s senior master Captain Steve Johnson were...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
With the launch of the Spirit of Britain now only a few months away and with the Spirit of France looking more and more like her sister-ship by the day, it’s time for us to upgrade the New Ships website.
The site now includes a new look homepage...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. Progress on the construction of the Spirit of France continues at a phenominal pace…..
The Bridge and forward sections of the main passenger decks sit on the quayside ready to be lifted into...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. Pictures of both the Spirit of Britain and the Spirit of France taken in mid August.
With the Spirit of Britain now afloat, much of the recent development has been internal. Hopefully, we can begin to bring you pictures of the internal development...Read more
Rumours abound in the ferry industry, but one of the more unusual doing the rounds is that P&O Ferries is building the second of its new ships back to front. However this tall story turns out to be true.
Eagle eyed ferry enthusiasts...Read more
P&O Ferries has designed its new ships to the maximum scale that is operationally feasible for ferries using existing facilities in the ports of Dover and Calais – within the company the new ships are often referred to as ‘Dover-Max’ in terms of their scale.
The...Read more
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