Brittany Ferries started a new service between Portsmouth and Santander in northern Spain and five return crossings between Portsmouth and Le Havre on 25 March.

The company said that cabins will all have en-suite facilities, there will be a reserved seating lounge with free Wi-Fi, and a movie lounge.

Simon Wagstaff, Group Freight Director, comments:  “We are delighted to be able to offer a new weekday service between Portsmouth and Le Havre as well as reintroducing significant freight capacity onto the very popular weekend by-pass service to Santander.  The very well established route to northern France will provide our customers with a further option as we broaden our network eastwards.  The additional capacity at night from France is a direct response to customer demand and the midday departure from Portsmouth provides a fifth daily departure to France from this very well connected port.”

Photo: Brittany Ferries' Etretat.