CONDOR LIBERATION

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Ferry put up for sale

The 'Condor Liberation' has been put up for sale. The ferry is currently still used on crossings between the Channel Islands and the south coast of England, but Jersey's government has chosen the Danish company DFDS to run its future ferry services, meaning Condor will only serve Guernsey from April. The timetable, from April onwards, does not include the 'Condor Liberation', which has its last scheduled sailing on March 23. The ship broker GRS Group is advertising a ship in the Condor pink and yellow liver for sale on its website. The trimaran has been used by Condor since 2015.

Yacht drifted onto ferry berth

On Aug 25, 2020, the RNLI boat from Poole was alerted at 3.50 p.m. after a 36ft yacht had broken free from its mooring and had drifted into the 'Condor Liberation' which was alongside the roro berth. When the lifeboat arrived on scene they found the yacht was against the wall in between the Condor and a Jack-up-barge. Conditions were rough with the waves bouncing up off the wall, the south westerly wind gusting 6-8 was relentless. The lifeboat went to the sheltered side of the terminal and put a member of crew ashore to access the vessel, a line was put across using a heaving line, the lifeboat then towed the yacht off the wall and brought it to a mooring in the close by Port of Poole Marina. It was evident that the vessel had broken away from its mooring as there was a broken shackle on the bow and as it was all locked up, it appeared that nobody had been on-board. As all was safe and secure the lifeboat returned to station, refuelled and wash down, it was ready for service just after 5.30 p.m. Report with photo and video: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2020/august/26/multiple-calls-for-poole-rnli-during-storm-francis

Ferry sailing on revised service

Condor was running private charter flights for foot passengers travelling between Guernsey and Jersey while maintenance was carried out on the "Condor Liberation". Any passengers looking to transfer to the private flights were urged to contact Condor on 0345 609 1026. The manufacturer of the ship's engine was carrying out preventative maintenance' including replacing the main fuel pumps. The ferry ran a revised service on Sep 6, 2019, from Poole to Jersey, Guernsey and back to Poole. It was the second time in a weekthat the service is running on reduced power. From Sep 2-4 the ferry was sailing on a revised service from Poole to Jersey, Guernsey and back to Poole. Customers were advised to check the Condor sailings updates web page for the latest information.