Ferry Time blog

Fast Cat Ferry

Originally uploaded by Andyrob

This is one of the catamaran Fast Cat ferries that could well be deployed on the new Severn Seas Ferry route in the Bristol Channel. There are two and they were in use on the Isle of Wight until recently.

Eurostar Deals from Kent

I met someone in Kent the other day who was worried that the latest eurostar deals are proving too attractive with passenger volumes steadily increasing.

When the Channel Tunnel project reared its head again in the 1980s, the people whose jobs depended on the cross channel ferry industry at Dover and Folkestone were worried that these ports were soon to meet an iminent demise. Once the plans for a rail tunnel were reavealed however, it didn’t look so bad. Having to put your car into a wagon to be transported underneath the channel is not so different to driving onto a roll on roll off ferry. So large freight still travels by ferry, and passengers who prefer a lounge, cafeteria and view of the white cliffs and the ocean prefer that route too.

Competition for Eurostar deals

Eurostar deals are more attractive to people wanting to go direct from London to Paris, unencumbered by a vehicle and as such , the competition is really the airlines rather than the ferries. Here the channel tunnel provides a direct advantage, not from Dover to Calais, but from London to Paris. Here are some more resources which deal with the comparative benefits of a high speed Eurostar service:

• Eurostar Deals lens
• How Eurostar Deals With Moving Stations
• Documenting Eurostar Deals
• Eurostar Deals tag
• Hub Page for Eurostar deals
• Blogspot Eurostar deals blog