Agri-Business
The ICMSA has expressed disappointment in the decision of Stena Line to withdraw its Rosslare to Cherbourg ferry service.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is to engage with ferry operators in relation to the transport livestock over the coming weeks.
An Irish MEP believes the government must be ready to step in if industry does not replace lost live export capacity.
Beef
Ferry company Stena Line has announced today (Monday, June 30) that it is set to withdraw its Rosslare-Cherbourg route service.
Dairy
Stena Line has been urged by a Dutch animal welfare group "to stop transporting calves from Ireland to France".
EFI has formally submitted a complaint to the EU on how DAFM has infringed EU law regarding the transport of unweaned calves.
The calf trade is set to come under further pressure this week as the second vessel which is approved to transport livestock enters dry dock.
The capacity for livestock shipping from Rosslare has been reduced after Stena Line changed the ship that normally serves the Cherbourg route.
Two major shipping companies are set to boost their freight capacity from Ireland to France in the coming weeks.
Stena Line has added its brand-new ferry, the Stena Embla, temporarily to the Rosslare-Cherbourg service.
Stena Line has accelerated its plans to add an extra freight-only vessel to its Rosslare to Cherbourg route.
Stena Line will add an additional freight-only vessel to its Rosslare to Cherbourg route from January 4, 2021, the firm has announced.
Ferry company Stena Line has moved to reassure freight and travel customers that it is taking "every precaution possible" to maintain supply lines for vital agri-food and medical supplies.
It is expected that in the region of 35,000 calves will be exported via the replacement ferry on the Rosslare-to-Cherbourg route.
It has been confirmed that the ferry that is set to replace the Stena Horizon has been given the green light to carry live export trucks.
Stena Line is still awaiting approval to carry animals for live export on the vessel that is set to replace the Stena Horizon.
The clock continues to tick in the race to find a replacement vessel to carry live export trucks from Ireland to the continent.
It hasn't been 'plain sailing' for the replacement vessel for the ferry which generally carries live export trucks to the continent.
