STX Europe, Finland. With sea trials set to begin at the end of the month, the Spirit of France is looking more like her sister ship by the day. Hopefully, we’ll be able to bring you pictures of her at sea for the first...Read more
Sunday 20th May 2012
New Ships Blog
Photo Update – May 2011
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
Spirit Of Britain Sails For Dover
P&O Ferries took delivery of its new €180 million ship Spirit of Britain today (5 January) during a handover ceremony at the stxeurope shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
The ship then followed a route cleared by icebreakers to commence its delivery voyage to Dover. The estimated time of arrival...Read more
Photo Update – December 2010
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
Photo Update (Spirit of Britain) – September 2010
STX Europe, Finland. With work continuing at pace on both vessels now, I’ve decided to split the photo updates from the yard into Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France separate updates.
As mentioned previously much of the ongoing work on the Spirit of Britain involves the...Read more
Photo Update (Spirit of France) – September 2010
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
Photo update – August 2010
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
New Ship Is Back To Front!
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
Green Passport Lasts A Lifetime
Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France have been specifically designed for service between Dover and Calais with a Lloyd’s Register ‘Green Passport’ notation which provides a cradle to grave strategy for all materials used.
Whilst it would have been satisfactory, and cheaper, to order ships that are...Read more
Just like London Buses!
The 8th of June was a busy day for members of the Newbuild team. By now you’ve no doubt seen the impressive pictures of the Spirit of Britain taking to the water for the first time, but no sooner as the...Read more
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