{"id":13756,"date":"2026-04-29T08:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:24:13","slug":"cross-channel-and-spain-ferry-company-brittany-ferries-gives-new-fuel-supply-update-to-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/13756\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-channel and Spain ferry company Brittany Ferries gives new fuel supply update to customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are concerns for people travelling this summer\"Portsmouth,<\/p>\n

Brittany Ferries operates from the UK to France, Spain and Ireland(Image: coldsnowstorm via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The head of a ferry operator running services from the UK to France, Spain and Ireland has issued an update to passengers amid worries over global fuel supplies. The cost and availability of fuel worldwide has taken a hit following US and Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February.<\/p>\n

This has triggered a surge in oil prices, pushing petrol and diesel costs sky-high for motorists and sparking anxiety for air passengers. The severe disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route for oil, has been a major contributing factor.<\/p>\n

With no clear resolution in sight, as the US and Iran have yet to reach any agreement to safeguard the waterway, holidaymakers planning summer getaways have grown increasingly worried about potential price increases or cancellations due to fuel shortages.<\/p>\n

Now, the chief executive of Brittany Ferries, which runs routes from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole to France, Spain and Ireland, has provided customers with an update.<\/p>\n

Christophe Mathieu, CEO of Brittany Ferries, said in an update on Tuesday: “You don’t need me to tell you that the war in Iran is creating uncertainty and anxiety in society. We may not be close to the destruction wrought by bombs and missiles, but we are certainly feeling the consequential pain of this geopolitical crisis. Prices at the petrol pump have soared as the Strait of Hormuz has been strangled. Energy costs are rising. Even mobile networks have warned about potential data rationing.<\/p>\n

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Global events have caused concern for travellers(Image: Pexels)<\/p>\n

“In the travel sector you will have seen concerns raised by the airlines. According to their trade body IATA, the industry has perhaps six weeks of kerosene left.”<\/p>\n

He went on to say that several airlines had already announced reductions to their flight schedules or hikes in fares. However, he stressed this was not the case for Brittany Ferries.<\/p>\n

Mr Mathieu continued: “Their warnings have concerned me and I’m sure they have concerned you. However I want to reassure you: they certainly do not affect Brittany Ferries and destinations served by sea.<\/p>\n

“In the face of all the uncertainty, I took the decision to take our more positive message to media last week. In London and Paris I toured TV and radio studios. I wanted as many people as possible to know that there is no chance that Brittany Ferries will run out of fuel. You can be 100% confident that we will get you to your destination.<\/p>\n

“Furthermore, we will not add any surcharge to holiday makers’ tickets in response to the crisis in the Gulf. Our prices rose by inflation earlier this year, and by inflation alone. There will be no fuel surcharge. We are able to make this price promise to passengers because we took prudent steps to hedge the majority of fuel costs before the crisis began. Hedging means setting a price in advance: in this case around 70 dollars a barrel.<\/p>\n

“If the price had fallen, we would have lost out. Our fuel costs would have been higher than the price on the open market. But as the price per barrel rose, and rose significantly due to events elsewhere, our hedging strategy proved successful.<\/p>\n

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Christophe Mathieu, CEO of Brittany Ferries, has given an update(Image: Pexels)<\/p>\n

“Hedge your bets is an expression we all understand. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. But I don’t think anyone has the right to adopt the posture of a bad gambler, least of all a sector taking people on holiday. The apparent willingness to reach for the war in the Middle East as an excuse to recover losses from in the guise of surcharges, or by cancelling flights that don’t make a profit, makes me angry.”<\/p>\n

He stated that he wanted his company’s vessels packed with holidaymakers this summer, adding that “everyone should be confident that their holiday company will do the right thing”. He stressed that firms must not “pile on the pain of a gamble gone wrong, by levying fuel surcharges”.<\/p>\n

Mr Mathieu added: “Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I want to remind everyone that destinations like Brittany and Cantabria, Cork and Guernsey, are safe, beautiful and unencumbered by over-tourism. They are a million miles from the centre of a conflict we all pray ends soon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are concerns for people travelling this summer Brittany Ferries operates from the UK to France, Spain and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[708,31,202,8036,17,357,8031],"class_list":{"0":"post-13756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-air-travel","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-middle-east","11":"tag-oil-prices","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-travel","14":"tag-travel-tips"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}