From Saturday the 21st of December, all passengers (including freight drivers) on non-domestic ferry routes must now provide their date of birth. This is a new EU legal requirement.

The new EU Directive states

1. Where a passenger ship departs from a port located in a Member State in order to undertake a voyage of which the distance sailed from the point of departure to the next port of call exceeds 20 miles, the following information shall be recorded:

• the family names of the persons on board, their forenames, their gender, their nationality, their dates of birth.

Where necessary, Freightlink or the ferry operator will request the required information.

If you have any queries, please contact our customer service team who will be happy to help.