SeaFrance

SeaFrance
Company typeLimited
GenreFerry company
Founded1996
FounderSNCF
Defunct9 January 2012
FateLiquidation
SuccessorMyFerryLink (Eurotunnel)
HeadquartersCalais, France
Area served
United Kingdom, France, English Channel, Dover, Calais
ServicesPassenger transportation, freight transportation
OwnerSNCF

SeaFrance was a ferry company based in France, wholly owned by the French railways, SNCF, which operated ferry services between Calais, France, and Dover, England.

The company employed a total of 1,850 staff, including 1,300 seagoing personnel, and was the largest employer in the town of Calais.[1] Its sister company, SeaFrance Limited, employed 200 in England. On 9 January 2012 the Commercial Court in Paris announced their decision to liquidate SeaFrance. From then on the company was prohibited from trading, with the loss of 1,850 jobs.[2]

  1. ^ "SeaFrance.com".
  2. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16469300 BBC News 9/1/12