Later launch for Chunnel freight
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• Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel admitted this week that its prediction of a May start for freight services had not been confirmed by the body which must approve the service before it can begin.
Eurotunnel says that next month the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority "is expected" to give the two separate operating certificates it needs to begin both the HGV carrying shuttles and through-freight service.
The authority, which is made up of transport and engineering experts, refuses to comment on when it will issue the operating certificates.
Eurotunnel freight manager John Chapman says only its 500-plus signed up account holders will be invited to use the Tunnel during the first months of operation.
A turn-up-and-leave operation for trucks will not be up-and-running until June. Frequency will build up during the summer and the full services with three departures an hour should begin from September.