News / UK competition regulator investigates DFDS-P&O Ferries space-sharing

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UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an investigation into the capacity-sharing deal between DFDS and P&O Ferries on the Dover-Calais ferry route.

It will be looking into whether the agreement has the “potential to prevent, restrict or distort competition within the UK”.

The CMA said the investigation, under Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 into the agreement to share capacity with respect to driver-accompanied freight shipments, began yesterday, with information-gathering and analysis set to run until March.

“The ...