Eurotunnel finally abandons plans for Dover-Calais ferries - TravelMole


Eurotunnel finally abandons plans for Dover-Calais ferries

Tuesday, 17 Dec, 2015 0

Eurotunnel has put its last ship up for sale after being told by the Supreme Court that it cannot run a freight-only service between Dover and Calais.

The cross-Channel rail operator has finally given up on its plans to operate sailings between Dover and Calais after a long battle with competition authorities.

It had previously sought to run MyFerryLink passenger ferries from Dover to Calais after buying three ferries from SeaFrance in 2012.

But it was forced to drop its plans and ‘reluctantly’ agreed to sell MyFerryLink to competitor DFDS in June.

At that time, it decided to keep one ferry in the hope of being allowed to operate freight-only crossings.

But this week it issued a statement saying: "The Eurotunnel Group is extremely disappointed by this decision as MyFerryLink had proven its capacity to provide a high quality, competitive service.

"MyFerryLink had hoped to restart an activity with the freight only ferry, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, which would have ensured 130 jobs.

"As the decision by the Supreme Court no longer permits this, the Eurotunnel Group will put its last ship, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, up for sale."
 



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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