Sad sight of a superferry laid up due to soaring jet fuel bills

IRELAND – This impressive boat has been hauled up in Ulster – because it is too expensive to run.

The HSS Discovery has been in dry dock at Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the past five months – despite being just 10 years old.
The boat is currently up for sale, but finding a buyer in the current climate of rising fuel prices appears to be difficult.

…The Discovery previously carried up to 1,500 passengers and 375 cars on its North Sea route from Harwich to the Hook of Holland.

But the boat was taken off the water at the beginning of this year, sparking rumours that rising oil prices were forcing ferry companies to abandon their faster vessels.

Belfast Telegraph