French shipping conglomerate Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has launched a surprise bid to take control of loss-making Dover Strait ferry operator SeaFrance and merge it with its own fast-growing ferry subsidiary, LD Lines.
HD Ferries will not resume services from Jersey, the troubled firm said yesterday.
Irish Ferries’ has confirmed its service will return to full strength from February 27th, with its Dublin Swift morning sailings reinstated following fuel cost reductions.
A new £100 million ferry which was purpose-built to serve the route from Plymouth to Roscoff has docked in Devon for the first time.
Up to 100 jobs are being created with the launch of two new ferry services from the Kent port of Dover.
The Channel Tunnel was fully reopened yesterday (Monday) after three and a half months of repair work, smoothing the way for a return to normal service between the UK and the Continent.
Mediterranean ferry operator Corsica Ferries has warned the Corsican authorities against reducing subsidies on routes between the French mainland and the island in response to the imminent arrival on the market of Italy’s Moby Lines.
Channel ferry operator Brittany Ferries is to bring its newest car ferry into service between Roscoff and Plymouth on February 10, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris. The French company officially took delivery of the Armorique from STX Europe in Helsinki on Monday. The 167 m vessel, which has capacity for 1,500 passengers, 500 tourist vehicles and 65 trucks, will leave Helsinki for France today.
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