By Dan Walsh
The Stena Line ferry service operating between Fishguard and Rosslare Europort experienced a series of consecutive cancellations over the weekend.
A ‘technical issue’ and ‘adverse weather conditions’ are responsible for the Stena Europe unable to leave her berth in Fishguard until this afternoon, Monday April 7th.
The first indication of any problem with the Stena Nordica came on Saturday when her 2pm sailing from Fishguard to Rosslare was delayed and then cancelled.
This led to the cancellation of the evening service from Rosslare to Fishguard.
Passengers were given the option of sailing on Stena Line’s Holyhead to Dublin route, while others remained on board in the hope that the Nordica would be able to sail at 1.30 am on Sunday.
In its updates to passengers, Stena Line said that these cancellations had been forced by ‘technical issue’ and offered advice on amending bookings or changing to alternative sailings.
Sunday’s 2pm sailing from Fishguard was originally said to be ‘on time’ but was cancelled ‘due to adverse weather conditions’!
However, Sunday evening’s 7.30pm sailing from Rosslare to Fishguard was flagged up as cancelled due to the ‘technical issue’.
Passengers were automatically transferred to Irish Ferries’ Pembroke Dock to Rosslare service.
The Stena Nordica is due to next sail from Fishguard today (Monday) afternoon, but the Stena Line website says that this crossing is sold out.
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