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Corsica Ferries to bid for the new concession for Corsica
Corsica Ferries is to bid for the government concession to run services linking the French mainland with Corsica.
The concession is currently held by SNCM for its link to Marseille. The operator has built up its business on services from Toulon and Nice, on which aid is given `per passenger' rather than to the ferry line itself. Pierre Mattei, general manager at Corsica Ferries, said the operator carried 750,000 passengers last year, beating the number carried by SNCM on its Marseille route for the first time.
In 2005 Corsica Ferries carried a total of 2.85M passengers, more than 2M to Corsica from different French and Italian ports, and posted turnover of Eur 172M ($206M).
Toulon Chamber of Commerce president Jacques Bianchi called on the government to extend the successful `aid to passenger' scheme to all routes. However, SNCM's privatisation process could be put in jeopardy if the concession was awarded to Corsica Ferries as SNCM's two main shareholders - Veolia Transport and Butler Capital Partners - could activate a clause that stipulates they would be released if the public service concession were not maintained.
The concession is currently held by SNCM for its link to Marseille. The operator has built up its business on services from Toulon and Nice, on which aid is given `per passenger' rather than to the ferry line itself. Pierre Mattei, general manager at Corsica Ferries, said the operator carried 750,000 passengers last year, beating the number carried by SNCM on its Marseille route for the first time.
In 2005 Corsica Ferries carried a total of 2.85M passengers, more than 2M to Corsica from different French and Italian ports, and posted turnover of Eur 172M ($206M).
Toulon Chamber of Commerce president Jacques Bianchi called on the government to extend the successful `aid to passenger' scheme to all routes. However, SNCM's privatisation process could be put in jeopardy if the concession was awarded to Corsica Ferries as SNCM's two main shareholders - Veolia Transport and Butler Capital Partners - could activate a clause that stipulates they would be released if the public service concession were not maintained.
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