Celtic Horizon is a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by Celtic Link Ferries

Celtic Link Ferries

Celtic Link Ferries is an Irish ferry company operating a passenger and freight roll-on/roll-off service between Rosslare and Cherbourg.-History:...

. The vessel operates between Rosslare

Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Europort is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland, near the southeastern-most point of Ireland's coastline, handling passenger and freight ferries to and from Wales and France....

 and Cherbourg.

History

The Celtic Horizon was built in 2006 as the Cartour Beta. She was constructed at the Italian shipyard of Cantiere Navale Visentini

Cantiere Navale Visentini

Cantiere Navale di Visentini is a family owned Italian shipbuilder, based in Donada near Venice. The company is largest private shipbuilder in Italy.-Deliveries:...

. Upon completion the vessel was chartered to Sicilian

Sicily

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 ferry operator Caronte & Tourist. The vessel operated between Salerno

Salerno

Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....

 and Messina until replaced by a new ship in May 2011.

In October 2011 the vessel entered service with Irish ferry operator Celtic Link Ferries

Celtic Link Ferries

Celtic Link Ferries is an Irish ferry company operating a passenger and freight roll-on/roll-off service between Rosslare and Cherbourg.-History:...

 replacing the Norman Voyager. Prior to entering service the ship was renamed Celtic Horizon.

Sisterships

The Celtic Horizon is the third of four identical ships built by Cantiere Navale Visentini

Cantiere Navale Visentini

Cantiere Navale di Visentini is a family owned Italian shipbuilder, based in Donada near Venice. The company is largest private shipbuilder in Italy.-Deliveries:...

. The other ships being the Stena Mersey, Stena Lagan and Cartour Gamma