The ramps will have to be modified before it can be used A new £6m replacement Strangford ferry remains tied up in County Down because problems with the ramps mean vehicles are unable to drive off it.

A ferry costing £6m has not sailed between Strangford and Portaferry since March 2022. MV Strangford II was brought into service in 2017 but the Department of Infrastructure said it was not sailing ...

THE Strangford Lough ferry service resumed on Wednesday after it was suspended to allow for repair work to its two vessels. The service is run by the Department for Infrastructure, which said one of ...

MORE than £9 million of public money has been spent maintaining the Strangford ferry service in the past six years. It has cost the Department for Regional Development (DRD) an average of £1.5m per ...

The Strangford Lough passenger ferry has been suspended due to high winds. It comes as the vehicle service ferry was suspended last week to allow for essential health and safety works to the slipways.

THE new £2.7m Strangford Lough ferry - the MV Portaferry II - was this week formally handed over to the Department for Regional Development's Roads Service by shipbuilders McTay Marine of Merseyside.

The Strangford ferry service in Northern Ireland has broken down at least 35 times this year, Stormont figures revealed. A near-£6 million new vessel is still not in service as problems with the ramps ...

The Strangford ferry service in Northern Ireland has broken down at least 35 times this year, Stormont figures have revealed. The new vessel, which cost nearly £6m, is still not in service as problems ...

CAMMELL Laird shipyard has secured a £5.7m new-build ferry contract with the Northern Ireland executive. The Birkenhead marine and specialist engineering company was awarded the project by the ...

A new £6m replacement Strangford ferry remains tied up in County Down because problems with the ramps mean vehicles are unable to drive off it. The ramps on the vessel, which was specifically built ...

A new £6m replacement Strangford ferry remains tied up in County Down because problems with the ramps mean vehicles are unable to drive off it. The ramps on the vessel, which was specifically built ...