Euroferries set to start September 1

EUROFERRIES has announced their Ramsgate to Boulogne high-speed ferry service will begin from the start of September.

The firm has issued a press release stating its service will begin on September 1.

However, as yet there is no information as to how to get tickets and the Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer is unable to confirm an agreement has been reached or a start date set.

Kent MP Steven Ladyman called the announcement “great news.”

He said: “It has taken a lot of work by a lot of people to get the project this far so we now just have to keep our fingers crossed until September 1.”

According to Euroferries they will be starting five crossings a day with the 96m fast ferry Bonanza Express, in partnership with the Norwegian shipping company Fred Olsen. It will carry cars and coaches.

Capable of 38 knots, the ship is able to cross in a time that competes favourably with using the Channel Tunnel, the firm says. They hope to add a second vessel to the route in the future.

Euroferries originally said they would launch at the end of March.