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Freight Records 22% Increase for P&O’s Dover-Calais in 2015
#DoverCalais - P&O Ferries has recorded its highest ever freight volumes on the English Channel in 2015, reports ShipTechnology.
Freight transportation comprises two-thirds of P&O Ferries' business. The ferry operator's six ships transported 1,340,317 units of freight across the English Channel, an increase of 22% of freight transportation in the year.
About 367,000 units of freight were ferried across the English Channel between July and September accounting for a 30% increase in the same period last year.
To read more, ShipTechnology has more here.
The increase in freight volumes on the premier Strait of Dover service is in stark contrast to the changing fortunes of P&O Ferries seasonal-only Larne-Troon route.
As reported yesterday on Afloat, the route will not reopen in 2016 and was confirmed closed.
The operator citing continuing losses and insufficient revenue from ticket sales to cover the annual vessel (see, fast-craft Express not to be chartered in 2016). In addition to port operating costs.
