Brittany Ferries' services in Cork key to life beyond Covid, Brexit

New Cork-Roscoff midweek service is one of a number of actions Brittany Ferries is taking to navigate its way beyond pandemic impacts

Cllr Susan McCarthy, Deputy Mayor of The County of Cork; Conor Mowlds, Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Cork Company; Jean-Marc Roué, President of Brittany Ferries and Honorary Council of Ireland in Brittany; Christophe Mathieu, CEO of Brittany Ferries; and Paula Cogan, President, Cork Chamber, celebrating the addition of a second weekly Brittany Ferries sailing between Cork and Roscoff. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan / OSM PHOTO

Loyalty to valued staff and reduction of CO2 emissions share top table priority in the ‘co-op’ ethos of Brittany Ferries — sitting alongside the usual business concerns of delivering profits to shareholders, and giving customers quality service and value for money.

Founded in 1973 by a co-op of Breton farmers, led by visionary farmer Alexis Gourvennec, Brittany Ferries has just endured the two toughest financial years in its history. It is now emerging with a five-year plan to trade its way out of the debts taken on to weather the impacts of Brexit and Covid.