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Interrupted Malta-Sicily ferry route resumed

Xinhua, February 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Maltese ferry company has resumed its ferry services from Malta to Italy's southern island Sicily on Sunday after technical problems forced it to cancel services last Friday, according to local report on Monday.

The company, Virtu Ferries Ltd., apologized for the inconvenience caused and thanked passengers for their cooperation.

It announced Friday on its official website after the catamaran Jean de La Valette was forced to turn back to Malta for technical reasons.

The company said earlier it was cancelling trips until Tuesday, later it changed announcement into "the resumption of service as soon as possible".

Virtu Ferries started running its ferry service between Malta and Sicily, a one-and-a-half hour trip to the north, in 1988. Endit