Fleet changes with Brittany Ferries

    Brittany Ferries today announced the sale of Val de Loire to DFDS Seaways and the medium term charter of Duke of Scandinavia (to be renamed Pont l'Abbé), again from DFDS Seaways.

Pont l'Abbé has can accommodate 410 cars and 1,200 passengers in comfort.  The ship has a considerable amount of public space and sun decks for day crossings, with nearly 400 cabins on offer for night crossings. She will be used on the Plymouth-Roscoff route, with Bretagne returning to the St Malo-Portsmouth route.

These changes to Brittany Ferries' fleet are part of a longer term plan to build a brand new state-of-the-art ship, currently code-named Bretagne II, specifically designed for the Roscoff-Plymouth route, and which the company intends to launch in spring 2008.

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Released 5 December 2005