howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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as confirmed by this city analyst earlier, he suggested it was just a cynical ploy by mr sarkozy with a general election due in 6 months.
the french finance minister only yesterday laughed at the buy out idea.
i reckon they can keep this effort going until the election knowing the slow nature of eu bureaucracy.
Guest 732- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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I was told today that the Seafrance Berlioz has been sold or just another rumor ?
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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vince
are you the geezer that used to play for river colts? may i ask
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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p&0 are intressted in one,but which one i couldnt tell you.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that would surprise me what with both of the new ones(one undergoing sea trials) and another of the older ones due to be refurbished.
Guest 732- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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Very good memory you have Mr Sansum.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard,sob was in berth 9 at 0820 this morning.
Guest 722- Registered: 23 Aug 2011
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Its looking less an less likely that the workers will take up the offer to run Sea France. Most of them are against the idea of the co op. One good thing though. SNCf are saying that the workers will all be offered jobs with SNCF.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thanks for keeping us informed andy, maybe the workers wanted to keep their redundancy money rather than reinvest in a dead duck.
Guest 732- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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Dosen't help the Seafrance workers in Dover #128
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Audere est facere.
Guest 722- Registered: 23 Aug 2011
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Now Eurotunnel wants to get in on the act. They want to put up the money to buy the boats which the workers co-op could then run. Court case this morning at 10.00 french time.
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/economie/eurotunnel-au-secours-de-seafrance_1069357.htmlGuest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Interesting. I shall have to put on my thinking cap to work out why they would want to do that.
Ah! Do Eurotunnel personnel in France belong to the same union?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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seems obvious really, they will always be on strike or work to rule forcing passngers onto their trains.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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i wonderd why i saw a let sign outside seafrances offices last month.
Guest 722- Registered: 23 Aug 2011
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All over. Sea France is to be liquidated. End of.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Indeed Andy, just heard the news, Seafrance have well and truly gone out of business, a buy out by the workers just wasn't credible. 900 jobs gone, 150 of them here in the Port of Dover
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Thanks for those items Andy from the other side of the channel. Yes the news has hit the airwaves here now and have just added it to our frontpage with our last ever picture of the ships docked in Calais. A shocking state of affairs really...really bad, all those jobs down the drain.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i would think that many be will re-employed at some stage, p & o could not handle all the extra freight and tourist business.
i suspect that one of the laid up vessels will come back into use, no idea who with though.
