The reopening of a ferry terminal at Holyhead port damaged during Storm Darragh has been delayed.

All ferry services at the north Wales port, operated by Stena Line, were cancelled before the Christmas period after stormy weather damaged Terminal 3 – with Terminal 5 also impacted to a lesser extent.

It caused major sea route disruption between north Wales and Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. The port partially reopened in January after Terminal 5 was restored to operational activity allowing ferry operations to resume.

A statement from Stena Line read: "Significant progress has been made on the repairs to the Terminal 3 berth at Holyhead Port following the damage sustained in December.

"Extensive engineering work and heavy lifting operations have taken place over the last few months, much of which has been underwater.

"Where weather and tides permitted work has continued around the clock, all while maintaining normal ferry operations.

"Despite great cooperation and the best efforts of all involved in this complex project we will not reopen Terminal 3 as planned on July 1.

"Whilst this small delay is unfortunate it does not take away from the progress that has been made.

"We now expect to reopen the berth on July 15 and sincerely apologise to our customers and ferry users for the inconvenience.

"Over the past six months both Stena Line and Irish Ferries have successfully operated their normal number of sailings from the shared Terminal 5 berth at Holyhead,and this will continue until Terminal 3 is back in service.

"We would like to thank our staff and port customers for their continued support and understanding during this time and we look forward to bringing back the second berth into operation in July."

Stena Line trade director (Irish Sea South) Johan Edelman said: "Whilst we are disappointed that we cannot return to our normal sailing schedule we recognise and appreciate the scale and complexity of the specialist work that has been undertaken since December 2024.

"Stena Line has been able to continue to operate its service on the Holyhead-Dublin route with the same frequency via adjustments to the timetable.

"Stena Line had planned to return to the normal timetable at the start of July, as advised, so I would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience and thank them for their understanding.

"Our customer service teams will be in contact with our customers to minimise any disruption and we look forward to the completion of works and a return to our normal schedule on July 15."

A picture of a Stena Line vessel
The reopening has been pushed back to July 15