SpeedFerries [SEP] dissolved or abolished
SpeedFerries
SpeedFerries was a low cost ferry operator which started in May 2004 and continued in business until November 2008. It operated one route between Dover in England and Boulogne in France. It had only one high-speed ferry, called SpeedOne.
Its founder and CEO was Curt Stavis, originally from Denmark.
History.
SpeedFerries was the first low cost fast ferry operator in the English Channel, and faced considerable opposition from the existing ferry operators, whom SpeedFerries accused of acting unfairly and using illegal practices. These
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The Sandy Bay Road District was proclaimed on 16 Nov 1885, under the Roads Act 1870 (48 Vict No.28.).
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