Jobs lost as SeaFrance announces liquidation
Hundreds of jobs will be lost as SeaFrance has been forced into bankruptcy by a French court.
The total job losses add up to nearly 1000 positions – including those of nearly 130 French workers who expressed an interest in taking over the company in order to save its skin.
The workers lost their jobs in Dover after the ruling said there was no credible future for SeaFrance.
Officials at the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris acted after the European Commission confirmed government assistance to the stricken operator was illegal.
SeaFrance, who said it was ‘sad’ about the news, had operated three ferries on the Dover to Calais route.
Photo by Andreas Dantz
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