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MyFerryLink wins right to appeal

Following a hearing in London on 5 February, MyFerryLink has won permission from the Court of Appeal to take its fight against the Competition and Markets Authority's ban on Eurotunnel Group operating ferry services to the appeal Court. MyFerryLink will try to overturn the earlier decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal on 9 January. A hearing is likely to take place in London before 13 March. In January, Groupe Eurotunnel announced ... [+]

Channel Tunnel shuttle design needs a rethink, says Rail Freight Group chief

Rail Freight Group chairman Tony Berkeley has written to the Channel Tunnel Inter Governmental Commission asking them to review the design of the open lorry shuttle trains,following the fire that plunged operations into chaos on 17 January. He said that it was the fifth fire almost certainly caused by lorries, ... [+]

More Eurotunnel shuttles on the way

Eurotunnel's shuttle arm is to add three new freight trains to its existing 15-strong fleet. They will boost capacity by 20% and help the operator reach its target of transporting 2 million trucks per year by 2020. There will be up to eight depatures an hour at peak times, compared ... [+]

Record week for Eurotunnel freight

Eurotunnel's shuttle service carried a record 36,285 trucks in both direction in the week Monday 8 - Sunday 14 December. The operator said it was the most sustained level of traffic ever seen in one week since the inauguration of Channel Tunnel services in 1994. The 15 truck shuttle trains ... [+]

Eurotunnel denounces railfreight ‘obstacles’

There are five main obstacles to the development of cross-Channel rail freight, Tunnel operator Eurotunnel told a conference in Lille, northern France on 9 October. This was despite the double digit growth in cross-Channel rail freight in the third quarter of 2014. Problems included the lack of electrification on lines from ... [+]

Writing on the wall for MyFerryLink?

  Eurotunnel Group said it “regretted” the position taken by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)'s final order, in which it rejected all its observations in its dispute over its MyFerryLink ro ro subsidiary. The Tunnel operator said that its position confirmed its “unalterable determination of the CMA to bring ... [+]

Updated: MyFerryLink to be given six months to quit the Channel

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed its decision that Eurotunnel should be barred from operating its Dover/Calais MyFerryLink service. Eurotunnel will be given six months to stop running services from the date of an order to that effect or find another, independent owner for the MyFerryLink business. The ... [+]

Channel decision upheld

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has backed the Competition Commission's earlier finding that Eurotunnel has an unfair position on the Channel market following the starting up of a ferry service in addition to its Channel Tunnel service. But Groupe Eurotunnel, which took over three ferries belonging to bankfrupt state ... [+]

Eurotunnel offers more bait for freight

Eurotunnel is to extend its Eurotunnel Incentive for Capacity Additions (ETICA) programme to further increase through rail freight traffic. It will be extended to five new categories of traffic - new car transport, food and drink transported in conventional full train loads, consumer goods, logistics flows, manufactured goods and permanent ... [+]

Truck no. 20 million for Eurotunnel

Eurotunnel celebrated its 20 millionth truck since services began on 25 July 1994, on board a Freight Shuttle travelling from Coquelles (France) to Folkestone. It belonged to, Emons Cargo BV – part of the Dutch Emons Group, whose commercial director, Eric Driessen, said: “We have used the Channel Tunnel since its ... [+]

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