FRANCE - DFDS - TRANSPORT - MARITIME - CHANNEL

FRANCE, Calais: A ferry boat of the British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) arrives at the Calais harbour, northern France, on October 26, 2015. On June 8, 2015, its competitor the Danish company DFDS had agreed to buy two ferries (Rodin and Berlioz) from rail tunnel operator Eurotunnel which was in partnership with MyFerryLink and had faced antitrust action in Britain over its Dover to Calais service. Eurotunnel said in May 2015 it would not renew contracts expiring on July 2 under which it leased three ferries it had acquired in 2012 from bankrupt maritime transporter SeaFrance to Scop SeaFrance, a cooperative of employee-owners of the re-baptised MyFerryLink line.