Ferry News Archive
Corsica Ferries wins SNCM concession delay
Date: 01 May 2007 00:00 Source: Lloyds ListFrench Mediterranean ferry operator Corsica Ferries has again succeeded in preventing the Corsican authorities from awarding the subsidised concession for services between the French mainland and the island to its rival SNCM.
The seven-year concession, which had been due to come into effect tomorrow, was awarded by the Corsican assembly to SNCM and its partner Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation on April 12.
Following a legal challenge from Corsica Ferries, however, the court of administration in the city of Bastia has annulled the award procedure, which it said had been marked by irregularities.
The annulment is the second in five months.
The original award procedure for the concession, which had been due to come into effect at the start of the year, was annulled in mid-December by the French Council of State.
It ordered the Corsican authorities to start the pro- cedure again or invite fresh bids from the competing companies.
Corsica Ferries claimed that the Corsican authorities had failed to heed the decision of the Council of State in December.
It said the authorities had not given candidates for the concession equal treatment in an affair which it said had been marked from the start by political rather than economic considerations.
“It is time that the Corsican transport office respected the law and equity so that shipping can become a reliable and efficient instrument for the development of the island,” it said in a communiqué at the weekend.
The Corsican transport office acknowledged that the concession would not now be able to be brought into effect this week as planned but said that the court decision would only have the effect of delaying the procedure.
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