In 2021, we were voted ‘Best Ferry Company’ for the 14th year in a row at the Irish Travel Trade Network Awards and were awarded in the UK ‘Best Ferry or Fixed Link Operator’ in the Group Leisure & Travel Awards for the third year running.
Ferry Services
The ferry services trades under the Irish Ferries brand operating four routes utilising a fleet of eight vessels, six of which are owned and two which are chartered-in.
W.B. Yeats
Ulysses
Isle of Inishmore
Dublin Swift
Norbay (Chartered in)
Oscar Wilde (Chartered in)
Isle of Innisfree
Isle of Inisheer
Ferry Routes
Passenger Services
Operating modern vessels, we carry passengers together with accompanying cars, coaches and other passenger vehicles on up to 47 sailings per day.
Crossing times between Ireland and Wales on our cruise ferries varies between 3 hours and 15 minutes and 4 hours, while on our high speed craft Dublin Swift the voyage time is just 2 hours 15 minutes.
Our vessels offer high levels of on-board comfort, with spacious public lounges and quality catering services. The premium Club Class lounges provide magnificent sea views and complimentary drinks, snacks and newspapers with guests offered priority boarding.
Our overnight service between Dublin and Cherbourg France is served in the Summer season by the cruise ferry W.B. Yeats. This vessel has capacity for up to 1,800 passengers with sleeping accommodation in 440 cabins. In addition to the services which can be enjoyed on all our cruise ferries, passengers can also avail of fine dining in the Lady Gregory restaurant.
Freight Services
Our dual purpose cruise ferries also offer RoRo freight services for both accompanied and trailer only units on our served routes. Irish Ferries freight services are an integral element of Ireland’s international logistics chain, transporting 259,000 freight units in 2021 on up to 17 daily sailings. Our new service between Dover and Calais, commenced during 2021 and now offers 30 daily sailings providing seamless connectivity between Britain and Europe. Our cruise ferries designed for the demanding sailing conditions of Northwest Europe achieve the high levels of schedule integrity expected by our customers.
Vessel Chartering
The Ferries Division also owns eight container vessels, five of which are chartered internally to the Group's container shipping subsidiary Eucon on routes between Ireland and the Continent. The other three vessels are chartered externally to third parties.
MV Elbfeeder
MV Elbtrader
MV Elbcarrier
MV Ranger
MV CT Rotterdam
MV Thetis D
CT Daniel
