The name of the new Mersey Ferry has been unveiled as work on the £26m project is currently underway in Birkenhead. The Royal Daffodil will become the sixth Mersey Ferry to bear the name first used in the early 1900s when it enters service in the summer of 2026.
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00:00The name of the new Mersey Ferry has been revealed as work on the 26 million pound project is currently underway in Birkenhead.
00:09The Royal Daffodil will become the sixth Mersey Ferry to bear the name first used in the early 1900s when it entered service in the summer of 2026.
00:18Work on the project is currently being carried out at Birkenhead shipyard Camel Laird.
00:23Metro Mayor Steve Rotherham said it was a significant milestone as a shape of the new ferry emerges with most of the works completed by December,
00:32adding this will be a significant improvement in terms of what we've got.
00:37He continued, the current ferries are older than me, they're coming to the end of their life and they have to be replaced.
00:43We've done it in a way where the new ferry will be cleaner and greener, more efficient, more open, more accessible.
00:49It will be used not just for commuter services, they'll also be commercialised to get a return.
00:55The ferries cost a lot of money to maintain at the moment.