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Stenaline car check-in time - how tight are you allowed?

  • 14-08-2017 4:08pm
    #1
    NIMAN
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    Anyone know how close to departure SL will allow you to arrive with a car?

    I might be bringing a car back from the UK, and the sailing is at 10:30am, what realistically is the latest I could pull up at?


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  • #2
    manshay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭manshay


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Anyone know how close to departure SL will allow you to arrive with a car?

    I might be bringing a car back from the UK, and the sailing is at 10:30am, what realistically is the latest I could pull up at?

    They state on their website and documentation that check in closes 30 minutes before departure.
    We sail at least 4 Stena Line return trips per year and have turned up later than this and were allowed on. On one journey we drove onto the boat and they closed the door behind us.
    I have also sailed on Stena from Rosslare where the ferry departed 10 minutes before departure time, so guess anyone who turned up late would have missed the sailing.
    It depends on several factors, including the check-in staff. My guess is 20 minutes before should get you on, any later and you'll most likely have to wait for the next one.


  • #3
    Vic_08
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    The only Stenaline sailing to Ireland that departs at 10.30 am is the Birkenhead - Belfast which has a latest check-in time of 60 minutes. The stern loading ships on that route have a more restricted and complicated loading procedure than regular ferries so they need longer to load and vehicles have to go on in a particular sequence.

    You might get away with being a little late but it is anything but a sure thing.


  • #4
    NIMAN
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    Yeah its the Liverpool - Belfast ferry.
    Leaves at 22:30.
    I would be in Liverpool city centre at 9am for bank opening, once a bank draft is lodged I'd be leaving, so its not far to the ferry so I was wondering if I was there after 930 could they get sticky about checking-in?


  • #5
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Yeah its the Liverpool - Belfast ferry.
    Leaves at 22:30.
    I would be in Liverpool city centre at 9am for bank opening, once a bank draft is lodged I'd be leaving, so its not far to the ferry so I was wondering if I was there after 930 could they get sticky about checking-in?

    22.30 is 10pm in the evening?


  • #6
    NIMAN
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    Sorry, I meant 1030 !!

    I have all those times lodged in my bloody brain.


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  • #7
    Marcusm
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    Leaves at 10:30 or 22:30. The earlier time leaves little or no leeway and prob none if the bank is late opening (often on Weds) or if they need to do any checks on the draft - these are very unusual in the UK these days. Also, that's an 8 hour ferry. Grim.


  • #8
    ScouseMouse
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    Could be pushing it. If you lodge a bank draft in a branch in LIVERPOOL city, you then have to get to the ferry. That particular one goes from 12 quays which is the other side of the river in Birkenhead.

    You need to get out of the city centre, go through the mersey tunnel, pop up on the other side of the river and find your way to the ferry. You have no lee-way for delays.

    Why the Belfast ferry, where is your destination?


  • #9
    NIMAN
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    The bank is listed as opening at 9am, dont think they'd be opening at 915 or 930.

    Yeah, been on that ferry myself recently. 8hrs is long, but the alternative is driving round to Holyhead to get the 3hr ferry to Dublin, but I am heading to North Donegal so its a longer drive on that trip once I get back to Ireland.

    Once I finished the bank, I'd be 10/15mins from the Liverpool ferry which would be leaving soon. Its 99miles to Holyhead, may end up waiting on the ferry for several hours, and then long drive when I get home....think I'll stick to the Belfast one.


  • #10
    ScouseMouse
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    You could go Seatruck or P&O from Liverpool to Dublin, similar sailing times, but multiple departures and no risk of missing the ferry.


  • #11
    NIMAN
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    Never knew there was a Liverpool - Dublin route, thanks, I'll check it out.


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  • #12
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Never knew there was a Liverpool - Dublin route, thanks, I'll check it out.

    https://seatruck.freight2ferry.co.uk/

    http://www.poferries.com/en/liverpool-dublin

    I can do Dublin - Donegal Town in a little over 3 hours so vary the route and you are not much more than from Belfast to Donegal.

    These ferry services are slow like the Belfast ferry, but I believe are aimed at truckers. Ferries will be basic, but food and drinks are included in the fare. Grab a good book or a laptop for DVD's and you are sorted.


  • #13
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    Just probing a few random days, if you spend the day in Liverpool, see the city, and get a sailing later or early hours, I see some ferries from as little at 59 sterling.


  • #14
    NIMAN
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    The car is electric, so I'm angling for as short a distance on the home side as I'll have to stop to charge


  • #15
    Marcusm
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    The car is electric, so I'm angling for as short a distance on the home side as I'll have to stop to charge

    At least some of the Holyhead ferries have onboard charge points - they are more geared towards cars than trucks. Not all are 3 hours either, the Swift is under 2.


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