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Former Cotentin became 12th ferry of Arab Bridge Maritime
The Jordan-based Arab Bridge Maritime has acquired the 'Cotentin' from Brittany Ferries. The vessel was one of two RoPax ferries that Brittany Ferries announced in June would leave its fleet. It became surplus on the Cherbourg–Rosslare route, where it wasreplaced by another vessel, while Brittany Ferries’ oldest RoPax, the 1992-built 'Barfleur, became redundant following the closure of the Cherbourg–Poole route and temporarily replaced the 'Cotentin' between Cherbourg and Rosslare. Brittany Ferries attributed the fleet reduction to rising costs associated with the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and increased financing costs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arab Bridge Maritime formally took delivery of the 'Cotentin' in Cherbourg on Oct 19, 2026, when the ferry was renamed 'Nefertiti' and transferred from the French to the Jordanian flag. It became by far Arab Bridge Maritime’s largest RoPax in terms of freight capacity. Arab Bridge Maritime had also acquired the 'Ciudad de Ibiza' from Spain’s Trasmediterránea and renamed it 'Al Jisr'. Attica Holdings RoPax 'Lefka Ori', now renamed 'Daleela Express', was also sold to a company with a registered CO-address at Arab Ship Management, the ISM manager for Arab Bridge Maritime’s fleet. Arab Bridge Maritime announced record profits for the first nine months of the year, and said another RoPax was set to join its fleet alongside a capacity expansion on the Safaga–Duba corridor between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Following the acquisition of the 'Cotentin', Arab Bridge Maritime’s fleet now comprised of 12 vessels, consisting of five RoPax ferries, three RoRo vessels and four high-speed ferries.
Medevac off Barfleur
On March 5, 2024, at 2.30 a.m. the CROSS Jobourg was notfied after a crew member of the 'Cotentin' was complaining of pain off the coast of Barfleur. The CROSS then initiated a telephone conference with the maritime medical consultation center in Toulouse and the maritime medical coordination service in Le Havre. A medical evacuation was advocated. An H160 helicopter from the French Navy base in Maupertus with a medical team was deployed to the ferry and dropped off on board, where they performed first aid and conditioned the patient. He was then hoisted aboard the helicpoter and then dropped off at the Tourlaville rescue center. He was admitted a few minutes later to the emergency room of the Cotentin public hospital center Pasteur in Cherbourg. Le Cross hired the to carry out the evacuation. The medical team was airlifted aboard the ferry The patient was airlifted then dropped off by helicopter at the Tourlaville rescue center (delegated municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin). He was admitted a few minutes later to the emergency room of the Cotentin public hospital center.
Medevac off Ushant
In the morning of Oct 31, 2011, a passenger had to be medeaved from the "Cotentin". At 6 a.m. the vessel was 28 km southwest of Ushant when the passenger complained of stomach pain. The Cross Corsen tasked a helicopter of the Navy, based in Lanvéoc-Poulmic, which took off at 6.54 a.m. which reached the ferry one hour later. The medical on board the ship decided the evacuation of the patient by air. He was winched up and delivered to the hospital Cavale Blanche, Brest at 8.10 a.m.
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