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Firm aims to minimise disruption after collision

Charlotte Cox,Channel Islands and
Chris Stone,Jersey
BBC DFDS ferry Tarifa Jet travels into a harbour on a cloudy day. The vessel is half dark blue and half white. It has the DFDS logo on its side written in large white block capitals on the dark blue section of the boat.BBC
The Tarifa Jet's sailing to St Malo on Sunday evening was cancelled

The operator of an inter-island ferry damaged after colliding with a harbour berth said it was making plans to minimise disruption to Easter holiday crossings.

The damaged Tarifa Jet left St Helier at 09:30 BST on Wednesday, along with two "precautionary" tugs, headed to Portland, near Dorset, for repairs.

The DFDS ferry had suffered damage to its stern in the incident on Sunday, when it made contact with Elizabeth Harbour's east berth as it arrived in St Helier.

DFDS said it was working on mitigating Easter disruption, while the company's other boat - the Levante Jet - is set to come back into service next week after a refit.

Three people in yellow high-vis jackets with DFDS branding on them inspect the damage caused to the ferry firm's Tarifa Jet vessel in St Helier, Jersey, after it hit a berth in the harbour. Railings have been bent out of shape. White and blue ropes have been tied to the boat.
DFDS said some damage was caused to the stern of the Tarifa Jet

Meanwhile, engineers were making "good progress" with repairs to the harbour berth, aiming to have it "fully operational" by the weekend, Ports said.

It said the West Berth remained unaffected and fully operational.

No passengers or crew had been injured in the incident on Sunday, but DFDS said it had to make a number of changes to its sailing schedule.

The Tarifa Jet sails between Jersey, Guernsey and St Malo and has a capacity of 769 passengers and 145 vehicles.

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