february 2012 headquarters ringaskiddy ireland area served irish sea key people phillip jones ceo conor buckley chairman services passenger transportation freight transportation website www.fastnetline.com fastnet line operated a ferry service carrying cars freight and passengers between ringaskiddy cork ireland and swansea wales on ms julia . contents 1 history 1.1 end of service 2 references 3 external links history edit from 1987 to 2006 the swansea cork ferry was operated by swansea cork ferries limited an irish based company . the service ceased operating after the 2006 season . after disposing of their most recent vessel the mv superferry and failing to find a suitable replacement swansea cork ferries limited announced that they would not be operating the service during the 2007 summer season . in fact there was no service during the whole of 2008 or 2009 . 1 a two year campaign started in april 2008 by concerned local businesses and individuals in the south west of ireland and south wales resulted in the forming of a co operative which raised funds to enable the purchase of a new vessel and set up fastnet line . swansea to cork branding after a long process of negotiation including approval by the finnish courts it was announced in mid september 2009 that the ship to run the new service ms julia had been purchased for fastnet line . 2 she was built in 1982 and had previously served routes in scandinavia . 2 ms julia left finland en route for cork on 17 september 2009 calling at the port of swansea for berthing trials along the way . she wintered in the port of cork before leaving in january 2010 for dry docking safety certification and for some minor modifications in compliance with safety regulations at both cork and swansea . fastnet line services started from swansea on 10 march 2010 and from cork on 11 march 2010 3 with three weekly services in each direction from september to june and four between july and august . 4 on 24 march 2011 a dissertation on the impact of the period of closure on tourism was published . 5 end of service edit the company suddenly cancelled sailings on 1 november 2011 and entered into examinership an irish process supplying protection against bankruptcy akin to the us chapter 11 procedure . in january 2012 its business plan was to become a seasonal ferry service from april 2012 . the company was seeking sponsorship with the vessel to be named by the sponsor and used as britain s largest billboard . details of the situation were posted and updated on the company website . the following month the company said it would cease operations with the loss of 78 jobs as it had failed to fund a 1.6 million rescue package . it hoped the service would be resurrected . 6 on 2 february 2012 incorrectly headed 2 february 2011 the company said on its web site swansea ferry service loses fight for survival . references edit swansea cork ferry is suspended . bbc news . 2007 01 09 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . a b new 7m ship for ferry crossing . bbc news . 2009 09 14 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . revived swansea cork ferry service sets sail . bbc news . 2010 03 10 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . fastnet line swansea to cork service the impact from the loss and reinstatement of the cork swansea ferry service on tourism in west cork by eoin moynihan 24 march 2011 roche barry ; carolan mary 3 february 2012 . owners of ferry vow to revive service to wales . the irish times . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to fastnet line . fastnet line official website ms julia official website campaign website v t e ferries of the irish sea current ships irish ferries ms epsilon ms isle of inishmore hsc jonathan swift ms oscar wilde ms ulysses seatruck ferries ms clipper pennant ms clipper point ms clipper ranger ms seatruck pace ms seatruck panorama p & o ferries ms european causeway ms european endeavour ms european highlander ms norbank ms norbay isle of man steam packet company ms arrow ms ben my chree hsc manannan stena line ms stena adventurer ms stena europe ms stena horizon ms stena lagan ms stena mersey ms stena superfast vii ms stena superfast viii ms stena superfast x ferry ports belfast harbour cairnryan harbour douglas dublin port heysham port port of holyhead port of liverpool rosslare europort v t e transport in swansea road m4 motorway european route e30 a48 road a483 road a484 road a4067 road a4216 road a4217 road a4240 road a4118 road bus first cymru veolia transport cymru gower explorer metro route 4 national express swansea bus station gorseinon bus station national cycle network celtic trail national cycle route 4 national cycle route 43 railway lines south wales main line west wales line heart of wales line swansea district line railway stations gowerton llansamlet pontarddulais swansea air swansea airport waterways river tawe swansea canal tennant canal sea swansea docks swansea marina swansea cork ferry fastnet line severn link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fastnet line & oldid 735364569 categories ferry companies of the republic of irelandferry companies of waleshidden categories commons category without a link on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 06 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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