Condor Ferries news


Fire forces ferry back to Portsmouth

A FIRE in Commodore Clipper’s engine system forced it to turn around and head back to Portsmouth yesterday as crewmembers tackled the blaze.  


Search for missing passenger is called off

A PASSENGER who went missing while travelling on the Condor Rapide last night is still missing.


Condor MD quits

CONDOR Ferries managing director Simon Edsall has left the company, it has been announced.


Condor passengers are frustrated at disruption

DISRUPTION to Condor’s route to Weymouth left some passengers frustrated yesterday.


Cracks in Weymouth quay force Condor to sail to Poole

Condor Ferries has been forced to sail to Poole this weekend after cracks were found in the harbour wall at Weymouth.


‘In that fog, my eyes would have been glued to the radar’

SENIOR Condor officers should have had their ‘eyes glued to the radar’ to compensate for bad weather on the morning the Vitesse crashed into a French fishing boat, a radar specialist has said.


Seconds to disaster

A FRENCH fisherman ‘recoiled’ when he saw Condor Vitesse suddenly emerge from thick fog seconds before it smashed into his vessel, hurling him into the sea.


Condor captain talked trivia minutes before fatal crash

THE captain of the Condor Vitesse and his first officer chatted about trivia before slicing a small French trawler in two in thick fog, killing a father of four.


Condor Group is bought by Australian investment bank

CONDOR has officially been sold, the Guernsey Press can reveal today.


Weather hits sailings – and worse to come

LARGE waves and strong winds led ferry companies to cancel sailings yesterday and more bad weather is expected.

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