Workboat Services Ltd
About us
Workboat Services Ltd is a Falkland Island company and is the owner and operator of the MV Concordia Bay.
MV Concordia Bay
The Concordia Bay is a 45.5m Landing craft built at Sarawak Slipways in Miri, Malaysia in 2006. She is flagged in the Falkland Islands as a passenger/cargo vessel and owned by Workboat Services Ltd.
The Concordia Bay operates in two roles in the Falkland Islands; providing a passenger and roro vehicle ferry service between East and West Falkland and as a cargo vessel delivering cargo to the outer islands.
Ferry operation
The Concordia Bay has been in operation providing the ferry service between New Haven and Port Howard since July 2008. Annual traffic figures are shown below.
| Year | Crossings | Passengers | Domestic Vehicles |
Commercial Vehicles |
| 2008/9 | 252 | 2596 | 1213 | 160 |
| 2009/10 | 286 | 2912 | 1501 | 273 |
| 2010/11 | 353 | 3207 | 1543 | 373 |
| 2011/12 | 371 | 3427 | 1653 | 371 |
| 2012/13 | 416 | 4212 | 1968 | 484 |
| 2013/14 | 408 | 4037 | 1898 | 471 |
| 2014/15 | 452 | 4534 | 2117 | 508 |
| 2015/16 | 584 | 5618 | 2155 | 1072 |
| 2016/17 | 533 | 5625 | 2397 | 843 |
Concordia Bay before leaving Miri in April 2008.