After nearly two years of discussing the potential purchase of a new vessel for Condor, P&R supported the ferry company in acquiring the MV Straitsman, a ferry from New Zealand that’ll be renamed the Islander.
The route to purchase was a complicated one, involving an initial plan for the Guernsey Investment Fund to buy it and then a second plan that required the convening of the Civil Contingencies Authority.
During the second of a series of podcasts with Express, the President of P&R, Deputy Peter Ferbrache discusses how the dream of buying a boat was realised…
April 25, 2023