Storm-hit port terminal set for July 1 reopening

FERRY PLATFORM HAD BEEN DAMAGED AS FERRY LEFT BERTH FOR IRELAND

- Owen Hughes

STENA Line has issued an update on Holyhead Port as it works to restore a terminal damaged back in early December.

All ferry services at the Anglesey port, owned by Stena Line, were cancelled before the Christmas period after damage during Storm Darragh.

Terminal 3 was badly damaged in the incident, with a video clip showing the collapse of the 'dolphin' platform, which is understood to have occurred as the Irish Ferries vessel Ulysses was leaving the berth.

A 'dolphin' is a structure that is used to guide, berth, or moor ships at a port, dock, or jetty.

This also saw the adjacent Terminal 5 berth closed.

That terminal reopened in January, which allowed for ferry services to resume between Holyhead and Dublin.

Terminal 3 has remained closed but on Thursday Stena issued an update on when it would reopen.