ISLE OF INISHMORE
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Ferry sidelined with technical incident
The 'Isle of Inishmore' suffered some sort of technical incident on the morning of Sep 16, 2025, and remained sidelined in the port of Calais. As a consequence, the ferry service between Calais and Dover has been cancelled for much of the day.
Ferry banned from sailiing due to bilge pump defect
The “Isle of Inishmore” was detained on Nov 25, 2024, at 9.30 a.m. in the port of Calais, after its arrival from Dover. During an inspection. the bilge pump did not work. On the whole four defiencies were found. The ferry was back on the run on Nov 27 at 5.30 a.m., although running behind schedule due to Storm Condal.
Ferry rescued 13 migrants
On Nov 3, 2021, the 'Iske of Inishmore' stopped midway through a crossing from Dover to Calais after a craft was spotted drifting at 10.45 a.m., with the captain telling passengers: 'Apologies for the delay but we had to stop and rescue 13 migrants in distress who's boat had run out of fuel and was sinking'. The ship dispatched a rescue boat which threw a rope to the stricken boat so it could be pulled alongside. The crew hauled all 13 migrants to safety and found two of them were without life jackets. They were all taken to Calais. Report with photo: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/03/channel-ferry-stops-rescue-migrants-sinking-boat-return-calais/
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