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A deal between Ramsgate port and prospective cross-channel ferry operator Seaborne Freight is expected to be confirmed “imminently”, the operator told The Loadstar yesterday.
Seaborne services are slated to provide additional cross-Channel capacity and an alternative to Dover, which may witness major congestion in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
But a former seafarer, with 45 years’ experience, 25 of them on Dover-Calais ferries, told The Loadstar he did not see how the port and ferry company would be able to provide a ...
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Comment on this article
nicolette mckenzie
January 09, 2019 at 4:22 pmA very calm, factual summary of possible obstacles to a Ramsgate Ostend ferry service.
Timetable queries, safety regulations, single vessel access route, pilot issues……the list goes on.
Something is disappearing over the horizon and it can’t be a Seaborne Ferry because there are none. It must be hope.