My ferry/eurotunnel
- 5 October 2012 19:27194465cannot find the original thread where this was raised but i suspect this story will run and run.
[URL][/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Eurotunnel-ruling-delayed/story-17032626-detail/story.html/[URL] - 5 October 2012 19:28194466
- 20 May 2014 08:40266744
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
20 May 2014 14:43266751oh well more unemployment localy both sides of the channel.and 3 good ships put in mothballs to rust and rot.sad very sad.
- 20 May 2014 15:49266754Very sad news. Seemed a very popular service and profitable which is even more baffling that the MP seems to be regarding this as a victory.Jack of Hearts
- 20 May 2014 16:10266755I agree with the guys above..its very hard to see any victory here. I don't hink Charlie has got this right as people are losing or could lose jobs on a grand scale which is always immensely sad. We could also lose splendid ferries off the route and the company is doing well. I sincerely hope MyFeryLink can fight back. Here we have a couple of press releases to show for now. I haven't put them on Sea News as yet as I try and keep politics off it, whether it be small p politics or large p politics...
PRESS RELEASE MyFerryLink
Calais, 20 May 2014
The Competition and Markets Authority (the UK regulatory body which has replaced the Competition Commission) has today issued its provisional decision that there have been no material changes in the market since its original decision in June 2013 which would serve to alter its original decision. As such, the CMA has provisionally confirmed its earlier decision that Eurotunnel should be prevented from operating ferry services from the port of Dover.
MyFerryLink cannot accept these conclusions, which run contrary to the clear statements of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in its judgment of 4 December last year. MyFerryLink continues to believe that the CMA does not have jurisdiction to review the transaction as a matter of UK merger law. Given the fundamental changes and growth in the market over the past 12 months, we are also surprised that the CMA has concluded there has been 'no material change' in market conditions since its previous report in June 2013.
We will continue to work with our legal advisors in challenging these provisional conclusions and in the meantime will continue, together with our dedicated employees, to focus on delivering the high quality service expected of our customers.
MyFerryLink is clear that it will exercise its legal right to return to the Competition Appeal Tribunal if the CMA maintains these preliminary conclusions in its final report.
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Press Release Eurotunnel
Groupe Eurotunnel reacts to the CMA's preliminary decision to stop MyFerryLink's activity
Two years after the acquisition of 3 ferries and following the decision of the Appeal Tribunal, which rejected the original decision by the Competition Commission, Groupe Eurotunnel submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that a material change of market had occurred, based upon the 12% growth since SeaFrance ceased its operations.
Groupe Eurotunnel believes that, when stating that there has been no material change, the CMA simply seeks to justify the Competition Commission's original analysis, despite the change in the facts relating to the market: - Market growth has been far greater than the 2% predicted by CMA, - DFDS continues to operate successfully in the market, whereas the Competition Commission's original decision was based on the premise that DFDS would rapidly be forced to exit the market.
Groupe Eurotunnel believes that the CMA's preliminary decision is based upon an erroneous analysis of the significant changes in the cross Channel Ferry market since the Competition Commission's original findings relating to the market in 2012.
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There you have it as it stands currently.email: dover7@msn.com - 20 May 2014 16:27266756Erratic timings, surly staff and high on board prices mean that I shall not miss them. 2,80 euros for a small bottle of mineral water. No other drinkable water available on board.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
20 May 2014 16:33266757I note that P& O where not mentiond in the report along with ld lines.
peter,as regards mineral water,cheaper if you buy it the local dover super market,and if you like your water cold stick the £5 case into the freezer four 1 hour then transfer into a cool bag making sure you take a couple of bottles each for the ferry crossing.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
20 May 2014 16:41266760have been watching the channel traffic map,and it seems that p&o are on a go slow tactic.at the moment the pride of Canterbury is doing 10 knots mid channel,while the other p&o ferries are doing 17 knots.is this the new thing to make people spend more onboard or are they to make there fuel last longer. - 20 May 2014 16:43266761Cheaper at Bookers, Brian.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
20 May 2014 16:48266763ok peter, ,quite possible to buy 2 cases then. - 20 May 2014 20:09266780The key point here is whether or not there is a level playing field? Yes, we have to be concerned about jobs but we also need a sustainable cross-Channel market. The competition authorities are clearly concerned that the purchase of SeaFrance assets by Eurotunnel and the subsequent establishment of MyFerryLink created unfair competition.
- 21 May 2014 21:23266821I think the Key point should be about the fact that many are going to loose there jobs if this service is forced to shut. There is nothing wrong with stiff competition after all how many supermarkets are in the small radius of Dover how many plumbers, electricians, Cafés, clothes shops etc etc etc, this is just sheer political greed by bug ass companies getting upset and throwing there toys out of the pram. It's better to have competition to keep prices down, it's been proven on many accounts that a small single company struggles or doesn't survive operating a service on the channel route, it's better that a company with solid routes operates a service for secure stability for it's staff and custom, I have traveled with all
Services from the Docks all with excellent service.
