Veolia sells ferry to SeaFrance at undisclosed price
31 December 2007
Veolia unit Veolia Transport has sold a ferry it bought last year for 112 mln eur to SeaFrance, a unit of state railway SNCF, for an undisclosed amount, the daily Les Echos reported, citing SeaFrance for news of the sale and unnamed sources for last year's purchase price.

Third Dieppe crossing starts in new year
31 December 2007
A Third daily crossing between Newhaven and Dieppe will begin on Monday.

Services disrupted by ferry shunt
28 December 2007
All SpeedFerries sailings from Dover to Boulogne have been suspended after the service's only vessel collided with a pier at the Kent port.

Calais defies Paris with new 'Sangatte' centre
26 December 2007
The town council in Calais has defied President Nicolas Sarkozy's government by opening a Sangatte-style welcome centre for asylum seekers heading to Britain from France.

Over two million will be on move in run up to Christmas
22 December 2007
Close to two million people will be on the move between today and Christmas Eve as the festive season rush got into full swing yesterday.

A third sailing to Dieppe
21 December 2007
From the 7th January a third sailing across the Channel will be available from Newhaven to Dieppe.

Protesters blockade immigration depots
18 December 2007
Protesters against the forced removal of asylum seekers staged a countrywide blockade of immigration offices and depots today to highlight what they say is a "morally unacceptable" practice.

Holyhead ferry boom
12 December 2007
Ferry sailings are booming and latest statistics from Stena Line show leisure travel growth of more than 15% year on year (based on car volumes) on the Irish Sea in November 2007.

Stena Line Offering Dutch Christmas Market Experience
10 December 2007
Leading ferry operator Stena Line is offering families the chance to experience a Dutch Christmas this festive period, by combining a dose of European culture with the Christmas shopping in one stress-free family weekend.

Grimaldi Ferries
06 December 2007
The Grimaldi Group (Naples), founded in 1945, is today a specialist in the roll on/roll off method of shipment and currently owns one of the largest fleets of ro/ro multipurpose and car carrier vessels in the world.

Ferries: Spirits are revived after loss of duty-free sales
05 December 2007
North Sea ferry operators have shown that there is life after the end of duty-free sales.

Stack follows Channel disruption
05 December 2007
An operation which sees the M20 motorway in Kent turned into a lorry park had to be implemented because of cross-Channel ferry delays.

P&O Ferries hires domain management firm
04 December 2007
P&O Ferries has signed an agreement with web domain name management firm NetNames for it to control its use and acquisition of URLs.

Irish Ferries New Ireland to France Cruise Ferry 'OSCAR WILDE' Begins Scheduled Services
03 December 2007
Ex Color Line ferry sets sail on the anniversary of the death of the famous writer she is named after.