Ferry news

• DFDS Seaways commits to Newhaven-Dieppe ferry ...

DFDS SEAWAYS and the Syndicat Mixte de Promotion de L’Activité Transmanche –which is responsible for the promotion of cross-Channel services for the Seine-Maritime region – have reached an agreement in principle to extend DFDS Seaways’ operation and marketing of the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry service for a further year.

The agreement underlines the importance of the service to the tourism industry in the Seine-Maritime region of Normandy.

• Costs sink new engines for Brittany Ferries ...

BRITTANY FERRIES is reported to have abandoned plans to fit new engines to some of its ships because of the cost involved.

The company had planned to spend £320 million on fitting the engines to six of its ships because of European Union regulations on sulphur emissions. The ferries would have run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Instead, the company plans to switch to diesel fuel and fit filters to funnels to clean emissions.

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