Frederick Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 We have known for some time about the ferries having to change to using a cleaner burning fuel and the cost will be passed on .With P&O it appears a family of four will find a Dover / Calais return go from £160 to £210 next year I can understand the need to reduce sulphur emissions to give us cleaner air......but What I don't understand is if the EU wants to go down this road to keep us healthy....Why permit Germany who is cutting back on Nuclear power to extract huge amounts of dirtier to burn brown coal from new mines to burn in new power stations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It's quite simple. The EU is controlled by Germany as a way to establish by peaceful means what they couldn't achieve in two world wars - the domination of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It's not just an EU ruling -it's an international one that comes into force in the next couple of years. The EU are just implementing it slightly earlier. All shipping across the world will have to comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 £160 to £210 equals a 31.25% increase for cleaner fuels. Now you have the capital cost of a ship to pay for, maintenance, harbour charges, staff costs, both on and off the ship that is currently being paid for out of the £160 so presumably the actual fuel costs is only a small fraction of the current £160. So the additional £50 is it genuinely for the increased cost of the cleaner fuel or do the ferry companies think 'oh, this is handy'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTrash Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good heavens. Last time I used Dover Calais it was about £29. That was probably in the SeaFrance era but not that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 [quote user="PaulT"]£160 to £210 equals a 31.25% increase for cleaner fuels. Now you have the capital cost of a ship to pay for, maintenance, harbour charges, staff costs, both on and off the ship that is currently being paid for out of the £160 so presumably the actual fuel costs is only a small fraction of the current £160. So the additional £50 is it genuinely for the increased cost of the cleaner fuel or do the ferry companies think 'oh, this is handy'?[/quote]Not of course forgetting that in the last 2 month oil has dropped in price by 40%. I think they owe you money!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 PaulT ..........The Channel ferry companies are faced with literally tens of €m's to make the required conversions.They are 'resident' and have no choice - comply, or else (unlike many other ships plying the Channel, no doubt).This is all a piece of nonsense, insofar as worldwide compliance is sniggered at. Meanwhile, Channel users have to cough up an extra £50 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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