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 Workboat Services Ltd

About us

Workboat Services Ltd is a Falkland Island company and is the owner and operator of the MV Concordia Bay.

MV Concordia Bay

The Concordia Bay is a 45.5m Landing craft built at Sarawak Slipways in Miri, Malaysia in 2006.  She is flagged in the Falkland Islands as a passenger/cargo vessel and owned by Workboat Services Ltd. 

The Concordia Bay operates in two roles in the Falkland Islands; providing a  passenger and roro vehicle ferry service between East and West Falkland and as a cargo vessel delivering cargo to the outer islands.

 

Ferry operation

The Concordia Bay has been in operation providing the ferry service between New Haven and Port Howard since July 2008.  Annual traffic figures are shown below.

 

Year Crossings Passengers Domestic
Vehicles
Commercial
Vehicles
2008/9 252 2596 1213 160
2009/10 286 2912 1501 273
2010/11 353 3207 1543 373
2011/12 371 3427 1653 371
2012/13 416 4212 1968 484
2013/14 408 4037 1898 471
2014/15 452 4534 2117 508
2015/16 584 5618 2155 1072
2016/17 533 5625 2397 843

 

 

 

 


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Concordia Bay before leaving Miri in April 2008.