passenger transportation freight transportation fate merged into stena s operations successor stena line founded 2005 defunct 31 march 2014 headquarters rosslare ireland area served celtic sea key people dennis o flaherty chairman parent stena line website www.celticlinkferries.com celtic horizon norman voyager at rosslare celtic link ferries was an irish ferry company which used to operate a passenger and freight roll on roll off service between rosslare and cherbourg . celtic link ferries ceased operating in february 2014 with stena line taking over their route . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 former vessels 3 references history edit celtic link ferries began operations in 2005 following the withdrawal of p & o irish sea from the rosslare cherbourg route . 1 on 4 october 2009 celtic link ferries chartered norman voyager from ld lines . 2 on 19 november 2009 the norman voyager was detained in portsmouth by the maritime and coastguard agency when the crew failed a basic test of emergency procedures . 3 in december the same year the same vessel was involved in the rescue of three fishermen following the mv alam pintar and fv etoile des ondes collision . a report stated exemplary seamanship was demonstrated by the actions of the officers and crew of norman voyager in immediately reporting the flares to jobourg mrcc and then proceeding without question to the assistance of the vessel in distress . the conduct of the rescue was safe efficient and in the best traditions of the merchant navy . 4 on 26 february 2014 it was announced that stena line would acquire the celtic link ferry service . 5 fleet edit celtic link ferries last operated one vessel . name built tonnage passengers notes celtic horizon 2006 27 522 gt 972 the ship was re christened the stena horizon . former vessels edit norman voyager returned to ld lines diplomat chartered to marine express puerto rico celtic mist renamed saronic star chartered to cotunav celtic star sold to seatruck ferries celtic sun sold to seatruck ferries references edit paul sandle 8 february 2005 . celtic link ferries launch commercial service between rosslare and cherbourg . international freighting weekly . celtic link ferries ireland new route announcement . 19 september 2009 . retrieved 11 june 2010 . ferry detained over safety fears . bbc news . 19 november 2009 . retrieved 11 june 2010 . maib september 2010 . section 2.9 . report on the investigation of the collision between the bulk carrier alam pintar and the fishing vessel etoile des ondes pdf . marine accident investigation branch . stena line buys celtic link ferry service . rt news . 26 february 2014 . retrieved 27 february 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title celtic link ferries & oldid 663276599 categories ferry companies of the republic of irelandferry companies of francehidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015use irish english from january 2015all wikipedia articles written in irish english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 20 may 2015 at 16 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view