Corsica lines
26th May 1984, Page 40
26th May 1984
Page 40
Page 40, 26th May 1984
— Corsica lines
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THIERRY DEDEYAN from the Chantiers Dubigeon Alsthom-Atlantique Group explained that the Corsica lines are a subsidised, public service and have to deal with unbalanced traffic flows (in summer ferries are run at more than twice the winter speeds). For the North Africa routes a specific ferry, the Liberte had been designed connecting Marseille to Algiers or Tunis (crossing time about 20 hours). The distance, the conference was told, encourages goods transport by both lorry and unaccompanied trailer from France and Benelux. Because of increased traffic a new 550-car capacity ferry has been designed by the SNCM and the Dubigeon shipyard.