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Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to the Channel Islands from Weymouth in 1993 using the 74m Incat catamaran Condor 10.In the winter of 1993/1994, one of Condor's parent companies; Commodore Shipping, took over British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) which operated conventional ferry services to the Channel Islands from Poole.
The HD1 ship and the Commodore Clipper (Condor Ferries).. HD Ferries was a fast catamaran Channel Islands ferry service between Jersey, Guernsey and Brittany.HD Ferries had daily departures (six crossings per day; average crossing time per leg of just one hour) from the port of Saint Helier (Jersey) to St Peter Port (Guernsey) and then to St Malo.
She entered service with Condor Ferries between Weymouth and the Channel Islands in April 1993 replacing the smaller passenger only Condor 9. With Condor 10, Condor Ferries captured a significant share of the Channel Island passenger market which resulted in the closure and sale of British Channel Island Ferries which operated from Poole in ...
Condor Ferries has been serving both of the largest Channel Islands for 60 years, but that could soon change after Jersey delayed its decision on which firm would run its ferry services from March.
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Condor Ferries established a fast ferry service from Poole in 1997 and now maintain a summer service to the Islands and St Malo from the port. Corbière House, the Poole headquarters of the company until its demise still retains a BCIF style sign to this day, one of the few reminders of the company's time at the port.
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
He said his team was "working day and night" to get the booking portal ready for travellers to book crossings. French traders take part in the Normandy Market at the Weighbridge three times a year ...