DOG owners returning from Crufts delayed the departure of a Channel Island ferry in the extreme weather, Condor has said.

CONDOR must invest millions of pounds in the not-too-distant future to replace its fast ferries, which its new chief executive officer has said are heading towards the end of their lifespan.

CONDOR is set to have its operating permit extended for five years from January 2014.

CONDOR has finally announced a replacement for managing director Simon Edsall, who left the company in March.

IT WAS inevitable the loss of LVCR would cause a casualty in the freight industry, one firm has said following the announcement that Condor will close its logistics arm.

LOSING LVCR was the straw that broke the camel’s back, Condor Group’s director has said, following the company’s decision to scrap its logistics arm at the cost of 21 local jobs.

Condor Logistics is set to close and 20 local jobs are likely to be affected.

THE master of Condor Rapide had to take action to prevent his vessel colliding with a powerful speedboat that was being driven in the Little Russel after dark without navigation lights, the Magistrate’s Court heard.

THREE crew were injured and about 25 cars damaged in what has been described by passengers as a horrific journey on Condor Express.

Commodore Clipper passengers – who were stranded in the UK by Thursday’s fire on the vessel – began returning to Guernsey yesterday.