Ten-day ramp permit for ferry’s new owners

Ten-day ramp permit for ferry’s new owners

The company has paid 1.3m euros – around £800,000 – to the French administrators of the company, and have taken over the lease of the Solidor 5 vessel.Sailings will continue as scheduled for the present, but nothing long-term has yet been confirmed.The marine director of Sogestran, Marcel Le Roux, will be returning to Jersey on 1 December for a further meeting with the Harbours and Airport Committee and its president, Senator Len Norman.

He will be giving further proposals then in relation to settling Emeraude’s liabilities in the Island.Although the schedules over Christmas have yet to be confirmed, there is an increased optimism that ‘things may work out’.Speaking at a meeting of the Save Emeraude Group held yesterday evening, Senator Ted Vibert said: ‘Things have changed, and they look a lot brighter’.

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