MOSCOW, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A squadron of Russian warships entered the English Channel on Friday but a NATO official dismissed a Russian media report that they were there to conduct military exercises. Russian news agency RIA quoted the Northern Fleet as saying its vessels, led by anti-submarine ship Severomorsk, had passed through the Strait of Dover and were now in … [Read more...]
Antitrust Regulator Gives Eurotunnel’s Ferry Service Six Months
By Sarah Young and Dominique Vidalon LONDON/PARIS, June 27 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has told Groupe Eurotunnel, the operator of the undersea rail link between Britain and France, it will have to stop operating its separate cross-channel ferry service in the next six months and find a buyer for the ships, confirming a decision it made in May. Eurotunnel … [Read more...]
Eurotunnel Ferry Arm Wins Appeal Against Ban on Cross-Channel Sailings
By Robert Wall Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Eurotunnel Group SA’s ferry arm welcomed a decision by regulators overturning a ruling that would have barred it from operating on the English Channel between Dover and Calais. The MyFerryLink business said in an e-mailed statement that Britain’s Competition Appeal Tribunal had quashed antitrust findings that its … [Read more...]
Dutch Freighter Sinks French Trawler In The English Channel
"We are very shocked. After what we experienced last night, we will have many nightmares," said Ludovic Rabasse, captain of the French trawler Loïc Lucas after being rescued from the English Channel early today. According to French media, the crew was floating in a liferaft for 30 minutes after being hit by the vessel Ambassadeur, a 6,000 DWT Dutch freighter operated by Ter … [Read more...]
British And French Battle Over Scallops
It has been well over a century since the British and French have battled over navigation of the narrow strip of water which separates these two countries however, fishermen from either side of the English Channel are now engaged in a dispute that European media outlets have dubbed, The Great Scallop War. While local fishermen may share the anger and resentment of Napoleon … [Read more...]
STX Finland delivers largest car-passenger ferry to operate in the English Channel
On Wednesday 5 January 2011, car-passenger ferry NB 1367 the Spirit of Britain, was delivered by STX Europe's Rauma shipyard to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the Spirit of France, will be delivered from Rauma Shipyard in September 2011. The Spirit of Britain will be the largest ferry operating in the English Channel. The 47,600-gt vessel is 213 meters long and has a … [Read more...]
English Channel Abandoment – M/V Ice Prince
Last night the timber ship M/V Ice Prince became unstable and was abandoned in the English Channel. The Press Association tells us: Attempts are to be made to take in tow a storm-hit cargo ship from which 20 crew were dramatically rescued in the Channel on Sunday night. The Greek-registered Ice Prince is still listing heavily and drifting around 33 miles off the south Devon … [Read more...]