Kelly Brook launches new ferry service at Dover
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Kelly Brook at Dover.
Picture: David Parry/PA
Kent model and actress Kelly Brook
has launched a new ferry service at Dover today.
The Rochester-born TV star, who now
lives near Grafty Green, donned a captain's hat for the
champagne launch of DFDS/LD Lines' Dover-Calais route.
The Norman Spirit left Dover at
1.30pm, signalling a new period of fierce competition in the wake
of the demise of SeaFrance.
Since the French-owned operation was
suspended in November and later collapsed into liquidation, P&O
Ferries has had the Dover-Calais market to itself.
The Dover-based giant has invested
£300m in two new superferries the Spirit of Britain and the Spirit
of France, which recently made their inaugural
crossings.
Now the DFDS Seaways/LD Lines
consortium is launching the new route - offering just one ship for
the moment but promising to add a second.
DFDS already operates the
Dover-Dunkirk service (formerly Norfolkline) and LD Lines
previously ran a Dover-Boulogne service.
Kelly Brook was joined by Carsten
Jensen, senior vice-president of DFDS Seaways and Christophe
Santoni, managing director of LD Lines, at a lively dockside
ceremony.
Friday, February 17 2012
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