"NORMAN ASTURIAS" started a new service from Poole to Santander this November

LD LINES started this month on the 3.11.2013 a new service from Poole to Santander with two sailings per week, tuesdays and saturdays, the ship is the "NORMAN ASTURIAS" previously on the Saint-Nazaire to Gijon route, now that COTENTIN was withdrawn from the same service by BRITTANY FERRIES this could be another option for the growing numbers of passengers travelling to Spain, she cannot be compared with the BF Cruise Ferries but is definitely an option offering budget crossings. For other entries here about "NORMAN ASTURIAS" when she started the service between Saint-Nazaire and Gijon as the BALTIC AMBER please click here

FERRIES COTENTIN and OSCAR WILDE at Cherbourg

Seen here at Cherbourg last week are the ferries COTENTIN operated by BRITTANY FERRIES and the OSCAR WILDE sailing for IRISH FERRIES, they were both built in Finland, COTENTIN in 2007 as always been in service for BF with a GT of 22542 and the OSCAR WILDE originally built in 1987 for JAHRE LINE as the KRONPRINS HARALD, the ship was acquired by IRISH FERRIES in 2007, after sailing for COLOR LINE for a number of years, she is 31.924 GRT