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FAST FERRY BATTLE LOOMS AS FIRM IS SET TO EXPAND

Speedferries, which operates the high speed ferry service between Dover and Boulogne, has bought a second ship and wants to add another route to Dover by Easter 2007 according to the French newspaper La Voix du Nord.

The company is negotiating for the same Dover docking space as Euroferries which is planning another high speed service across the channel. 

This could be another setback for Euroferries Ltd, which is already facing renewed competition to buy the Spirit of Ontario from the City of Rochester in the US.

Euroferries wants to launch a service between Dover and  Boulogne and Calais, but although Rochester NY mayor Robert Duffy announced in May that the company would buy the Spirit of Ontario for $29.8 million, they have yet to secure financing, and the city is now talking to other bidders.

Alain Rousseau, port development manager in Boulogne, said in a phone interview with the French newspaper, that he remained in discussions with Euroferries and its space at the French port is secure. There is no timeline to close the deal."