Euroferries to start new Ramsgate-Boulogne service

New start-up UK ferry operator Euroferries is to start a new service this spring linking the south east coast UK port of Ramsgate with Boulogne in France.

The company says that it will operate a ‘state-of-the-art 98m’ craft on the 75 minute crossing, but refuses to name the vessel. Unconfirmed industry rumours suggest that Euroferries will time-charter a 98m wave-piercing catamaran from Australia’s Incat. The only 98m Incat’s currently in service are Brittany Ferries Normandie Express, Accionia Trasmeditteranea’s sisters Milenium dos and Milenium Tres, T&T Spirit, which operates between Trinidad and Tobago, and US operator Bay Ferries The Cat.

Euroferries says that its new ferry will arrive in the UK mid-February and that the service could be up and running by March, offering a first class area, a ‘tax-paid’ shopping area and restaurants. It is currently working out timetable and fare details. The company will have dedicated passenger terminals in both Ramsgate and Boulogne, offering shopping areas, a restaurant and waiting lounges.

Euroferries is also to offer an Express Coach commuter service linking the ferry to and from London, via Canterbury and the Medway Towns. Sphere: Related Content