{"id":137984,"date":"2026-03-30T03:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/902675514"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:31:17","slug":"jersey-politician-calls-for-a-joint-ferry-freight-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/jersey-politician-calls-for-a-joint-ferry-freight-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey politician calls for a joint ferry freight deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deputy Tom Binet voiced his views during a Question Time event hosted in Jersey called to address the cost-of-living crisis. <\/p>\n

Freight was a focus of discussion and is a particular issue in Jersey since its new ferry deal with DFDS included a \u2018flat rate card\u2019 for freight \u2013 a political decision which, it is said, has driven up the cost of produce on the shelves for consumers in that island. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not close to negotiations, but it would be very, very good if we could get the two freight companies into a room and see if we could broker a deal to have one carrier carrying all the Channel Islands\u2019 freight,\u2019 said Jersey\u2019s Health minister.<\/p>\n

\u2018Because if we\u2019re going to exist with Guernsey for 20 years with two half-empty boats \u2013 I\u2019ve travelled on DFDS a couple of times and the boat is empty and the staff are walking around doing virtually nothing. It\u2019s a pretty pitiful state of affairs.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know if it is possible, but if there is a way of addressing that, that would be a good starting point.\u2019<\/p>\n

Joining him on the panel for the All Island Media event were Jersey\u2019s Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham, Jersey Consumer Council chairman Carl Walker and Coop chief executive Mark Cox.<\/p>\n

There was some criticism of Jersey\u2019s decision to pursue its own tender and find a new operator after Guernsey backed Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries at the conclusion of the pan-island tender process. Mr Cox likened the result to Jersey having inflicted \u2018self-harm\u2019.<\/p>\n

Deputy Binet admitted that it was a \u2018very difficult situation\u2019 for his political colleagues. <\/p>\n

He added that the new contract \u2018effectively put us in a position where we had to either take a very, very big risk on the one side or actually split the Channel and have two boats running up and down\u2019.<\/p>\n

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