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Condor Liberation damaged

The new ferry hit the side of the Guernsey's quay on the last weekend of March when docking in the island in high winds.

It took a week to repair the damage in Poole, the welding work took longer than expected after being held up by bad weather.

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Condor's apology letter to its customers

Credit: Condor

Condor Ferries has written to customers affected by recent disruption to say sorry.

The firm says problems caused by bad weather, technical faults, and the collision of its new Liberation ferry in St Peter Port was "unimaginable bad fortune."

Condor says the last fortnight has been difficult and that no one is more disappointed than them about recent events.

The letter praises staff who Condor says "have worked so hard to get our customers to where they need to be."

The company promises to do better in future.

The most important thing I can say is sorry; sorry to those customers who were delayed, diverted and had journeys disrupted, and sorry to their families, friends and colleagues who also experienced inconvenience and disappointment; sorry that many of you felt you didn't get the right information at the right time, and of course, sorry to all our customers who were so looking forward to sailing on Condor Liberation, and haven’t yet had the opportunity to do so.

– Russell Kew, Executive Chairman

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