Irish Continental Group has inked an order at German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in Flensburg for a large ropax for its Irish Ferries divsion. Delivery is scheduled for May 2018.

FSG chief design officer and marketing man Henrique Pestana confirms the deal to TradeWinds.

He details that the vessel — hull number 771 — will have a length overall of 194.8