Top Story By Frank O Donovan Saturday March 6th, 2010

Hoped-for first sailing of new ferry scheduled for weekend

AS we went to press, the first sailing of the Swansea-Cork ferry, the MV Julia, was scheduled for this Friday night after the vessel’s scheduled inaugural voyage on Monday had to be cancelled because of technical difficulties. Fastnet Line’s MV Julia sailings scheduled for Monday, March 1, Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th had to be cancelled because of technical difficulties in completing the refitting of the 21,699-tonne vessel, which was built in 1982, that took place...