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Originally Posted by grantp
Surely running more ferries to the same ports is unlikely (to say the least) to fix the sort of problems that people have been talking about.
Customs documentation and checks for example.
Or will they just load up the ferries, shove them out of the harbour to make room for the next one in, and have a battalion of customs officers on board to do the check and the admin.
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Grant, think the idea is to take some traffic away from the Dover Calais crossing. Hence resurrected route between Ramsgate and Ostend, plus extra ferries from Portsmouth to Le Havre, Plymouth to somewhere, East coast to Netherlands or further North.....
What seems incredible to me is that the 3 companies that have been awarded contracts (not put out to tender, apparently) will get paid even if the new services are not needed at the end of March....