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Irish Ferries is a division of Irish Continental Group (ICG) plc, an Irish maritime group. The company operates passenger and freight routes between Ireland, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, particularly: Dublin Port–Holyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke and Roscoff, Cherbourg in France. In 2014 Irish Ferries introduced a new weekly service from Dublin Port to Cherbourg. The company's flagship, , is currently the largest ROPAX ferry operating on the Irish Sea and when launched (2001) was the world's largest car ferry in terms of car-carrying capacity. Other ships in the fleet include , and the fast ferry (aka ''Dublin Swift'' as she is currently promoted). The company also charters out a vessel, to Interisland Line, and charters in a ro-pax vessel, . The company used to charter ''Pride of Bilbao'', but sold her to St. Peter Line in 2013, who renamed her . Irish Ferries is part of the Irish Continental Group (ICG) which trades on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. ICG also owns the Eucon container line which operates vessels on routes between Ireland and the continent. ==History== Irish Continental Line was formed in 1973 as a joint venture between Irish Shipping Limited, Fearnley & Eger and Swedish company Lion Ferry. It originally operated on the Rosslare–Le Havre route with the 547 berth, 210 car ferry ''Saint Patrick''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com/irish-ferries )〕 When Irish Shipping Ltd. went into liquidation in 1984, Irish Continental Line was sold off in a management buyout and emerged as Irish Continental Group. In 1992, Irish Continental Group took over the British and Irish Steam Packet Company Limited, a nationalised company which traded under the name B + I Line and operated ferry services between Dublin and Holyhead and between Rosslare and Pembroke Dock. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irish Ferries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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