Belfast Car Ferries
Belfast Car Ferries was an Irish Sea ferry company that operated a passenger and freight roll-on/roll-off service between Northern Ireland and England. History Belfast Car Ferries was formed in 1982 following P&O Ferries' withdrawal from the Liverpool–Belfast route in November 1981. Sailings commenced in May 1982 using the ''Saint Colum I''. The vessel sailed every night from Belfast, returning during the day from Liverpool. The crossing time was 9 hours. On 14 November 1984 the Irish Government placed parent company Irish Shipping Ltd into liquidation. In March 1987 Irish Shipping Ltd was sold to a consortium of investors and restructured as Irish Continental Group. Belfast Car Ferries continued operations until October 1990. The ''Saint Colum I'' quickly found a new Greeks, Greek owner and entered service in the Adriatic Sea. In 1991 the Liverpool – Belfast link was reopened by Norse Irish Ferries. Routes Belfast Car Ferries operated the following route across the I ...
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Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting Urbanization, inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1 ...
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