Reopening Cork-UK ferry link ‘unfeasible’

The reinstatement of a ferry link between Cork and Britain is not feasible in the current economic climate, according to a report compiled by transport experts.

Cork County Council and the Port of Cork commissioned consultants Strategic Transport Solutions International to undertake a feasibility study of reopening the link after the ill-fated Fastnet Line ceased sailings in 2011.

The report concluded that in the present “economic and competitive climate”, a new service cannot be justified commercially on the basis of the volume of passengers and freight achievable in the short term.