PeterG Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I have read this service is to start on the 31st Marchhttp://www.euroferries.co.uk/index.html?_ret_=returnDoes anyone know of the website to make a reservation or see their sailing schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Sorry, I can't really help but it is being discussed HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I'll believe it when I see it and not before - the site has looked like that for months and has not changed. Not sure how anyone has booked for the forthcoming maiden voyage. [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 It seems as though it is going to be a reality.http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/euroferries-set-to-launch-ramsgate-boulogne-service/20017625498.htm;jsessionid=C3536EDBE309CD53EAA88F75AA4AC612 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yes - I saw that before I posted but I'll still believe it when I see it. Hardly been launched in a fanfare of publicity - even the Port of Ramsgate doesn't seem to know about it on its site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Euroferries has not hitherto gained a good track record in fulfiling what it has promised. No timetables, fares, or any firm information has yet been published, something which really should have been sorted out and ready to go. At least this time it has a ship, although 'In partnership with Fred. Olsen' is pushing things a bit far; it seems to have merely chartered a vessel that has reportedly become surplus to the Fred. Olsen Canary Islands service. A one-vessel operator using an Incat catamaran ferry to Boulogne - a touch of déjà vu there. Still, we hope it happens, and succeeds, but this doesn't seem to be a good time to be introducing a new cross-channel ferry service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Suppose it's back to the lilo then, with the wife paddling like buggery.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I must be thick because I cannot see how the Ramsgate to Boulogne route could be profitable. The length of passage must be nearly double that of Dover to Calais, which combined with higher fuel costs of high speed ferries, seems to make it commercially unviable.I would have thought that Dover or Folkstone would have been better than Ramsgate, or alternatively Ramsgate to Calais.I do not have a nautical chart available, but surely going round the Goodwin sands would add distance to the Ramsgate to Boulogne route?No doubt Will or FerryGuru will put me right.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 [quote user="PeterG"]Suppose it's back to the lilo then, with the wife paddling like buggery..........[/quote]How many passengers can you carry? I could be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 [quote user="David"]I would have thought that Dover or Folkstone would have been better than Ramsgate, or alternatively Ramsgate to Calais.[/quote]The problems there as I see it are that all the infrastructure has been ripped out of Folkestone after Stena Line gave up on it (a pity as it was a good alternative to Dover) and at Eastern docks, all the bearths are occupied by Seafrance P&O and Norfolk Lines. Maybe Western Docks could be possible?Aren't the Goodwins further North? You would still have to go around the Varne bank would you not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Retired (I am now) Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I'll tell you what - it won't happen by 31st March if ever. The booking system was due to start on 16th March but hasn't. A bunch of clowns in my opinion. I still mourn the sad passing of Speedferries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 It could be the sad passing of other ferries too, isn't Seafrance in difficulties? LD and Brittany ferries were in talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 LDA (LD Lines' parent) has withdrawn from the Sea France deal. Brittany Ferries has declared that it is only interested in a 'partial' takeover, i.e. forming a consortium to run the Sea France routes. BF and LD would have made suitable, if unlikely, bedfellows, but with LD's withdrawal the BF part of the deal looks pretty doubtful.As far as the Euroferries operation is concerned, the ship that the company has announced it intends to use ran aground on 2 December last and suffered damage, and is, as far as we know, still awaiting repair. Being of aluminium construction this is a specialist job that cannot be undertaken at any old shipyard. So the prospects of starting the service as planned look rather slight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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