Irish Continental Disruption To The Vessel Ulysses

 
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   Irish Continental Group Plc (ICG) 
 
   Disruption to the vessel Ulysses 
 
   ICG announces that the Ulysses, operated by ICG's subsidiary Irish 
Ferries on the Dublin / Holyhead route, reported technical difficulties 
with its Starboard Controllable Pitch Propeller on the 24(th) June.  The 
vessel entered drydock in Belfast on the 28(th) June. The investigation 
and repairs to the vessel were expected to take no longer than 5 days 
allowing her to resume service on the 4(th) July. We have now been 
informed by service engineers that the issue is more serious than 
originally anticipated and they expect the vessel will be out of service 
for a further period of 1 to 2 weeks. 
 
   In advance of her return to service, we will adjust the schedules of our 
other vessels to minimise the disruption to our customers as much as 
possible. The Dublin / Holyhead route will operate with the Epsilon on 
the Ulysses schedule alongside the Dublin Swift which will operate 
additional evening sailings. 
 
   Irish Ferries would like to apologise to all our passenger and freight 
customers for this technical disruption. Despite our best efforts we can 
find no replacement tonnage in what is now the peak tourism season. It 
is the first major disruption on the Ulysses since her deployment on the 
Dublin Holyhead service in 2001. 
 
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   Enquiries: 
 
   Irish Continental Group plc 
 
   Eamonn Rothwell, CEO: [phone] 
 
   David Ledwidge, CFO: [phone] 
 
   For media enquiries: Gerry O'Sullivan Q4 Communications [phone] 
 
 
 
 

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