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.
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