HD Ferries - Further Information on Irish Ferries Ferry Services
The HD Ferries vessel named HD1 is an Incat K series which is a high speed catamaran with top speeds of 45 knots. The HD1 vessel can support 400 passengers, 100 cars or 70 cars and 10 freight vehicles.
In June 2007 HD Ferries announced that it planned to incorporate Alderney and Cherbourg into the route. Following a berthing trial in Alderney harbourmaster Steve Shaw gave HD Ferries the go ahead subject to certain conditions. The Alderney service has never been started.
HD Ferries made its first successful sailing to Cherbourg on 6 August 2007, marking the start of its new twice weekly service between Jersey/Guernsey and Cherbourg. The HD Ferries service continues to grow its presence within the Channel Islands with an increasing amount of local residents, holiday makers and freight drivers using the service on a daily basis. Since its inception, HD Ferries has been involved in two collision incidents with Condor Ferries.
Due to lack of customers, the Cherbourg link has now been dropped in favour of a direct link with Guernsey to St Malo. The Cherbourg link may be started again for the 2009 season.
HD Ferries has proposed plans to compete with rival Condor Ferries on the northern routes to the UK mainland but this has yet to be confirmed. This would mean the company would have to secure at least one additional vessel along with resuming there scheduled service in march 2008.
HD Ferries use the innovative and well established WebRes reservation system to deliver value for money travel based on demand driven pricing. The service and pricing has been designed to provide a high speed, no frills, value for money service for both passenger and freight traffic.
HD Ferries brings affordable ferry travel to residents and visitors of the Channel Islands from France. With six crossings per day, travellers now have a wide range of additional options to complement the existing ferry operator services.
The HD Ferries service and pricing has been designed to provide a high speed, no frills, value for money service for both passenger and freight traffic. HD Ferries onboard facilities consist of a duty free shop with a wide range of available goods and a fully licensed bar, café and comfortable lounge seats.
HD Ferries is a fast catamaran Channel Islands service between Jersey, Guernsey and Brittany. HD Ferries has daily departures (six crossings per day; average crossing time per leg of just one hour) from the port of Saint Helier (Jersey) to St Peter Port (Guernsey) and then to St Malo.
HD Ferries Routes |
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Guernsey-Jersey
2 Crossings Per Week 1hr Sailing Time
Guernsey-St Malo
2 Crossings Per Week 2hrs 30min Sailing Time
Jersey-St Malo
2 Crossings Per Week 1hr Sailing Time
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Cherbourg-Guernsey
2 Crossings Per Week 1hr 45min Sailing Time
Cherbourg-Jersey
2 Crossings Per Week 5hrs 15min Sailing Time |
HD Ferries Fleet - HD1
HD1 was built in 1998, making it the newest fast ferry serving the Channel Islands. It has a top speed of 47 knots, which makes it the fastest ferry serving the Channel Islands with an average crossing time of just 1 hour. The Catamaran can carry up to 100 cars, or a mixture of 70 cars and 10 freight vehicles, it has a large garage height of 3.1 metres as well as an open deck area, allowing it to accommodate large vans and 8 metre freight vehicles. HD1 can carry up to 400 passengers in its spacious and comfortable lounge seats.
Facilities include a fully licensed bar and cafeteria onboard as well as a well stocked shop offering a wide range of duty free goods.
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