My Ferry Link

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Hauts-de-France; Nord-Pas de Calais; Pas-de-Calais
Location of affected unit(s)
Calais
Sector
Transportation / Storage
50 - Water transport
50.1 - Sea and coastal passenger water transport
50.1 - Sea and coastal passenger water transport
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2012
Foreseen end date
31 August 2012

Description

The commercial Court of Paris has given its green light to Eurotunnel for buying Sea France's assets, the ferry company that was liquidated last June (see here) with 880 dismissals. 500 jobs will be created in the cooperative "My Ferry Link" formed by former Sea France employees, which will rent ferryboats from Eurotunnel.

Activities are announced to start in August, when ferry service will be resumed between the French and English coast.

Sources

  • 6 November 2012: France 3 Nord-Pas-De-Calais
  • 16 July 2012: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2012), My Ferry Link, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 73922, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73922.