DFDS agreement reveals performance-related fee and inflation-capped fares

DFDS agreement reveals performance-related fee and inflation-capped fares

THE government’s deal with DFDS has been published – which reveals that the fee the ferry operator must pay for its exclusivity is performance related, mean average fares are capped, and prices can only go up by inflation, except under exceptional circumstances. Ministers hope that publishing the ‘concession agreement’ signed with the Danish line last January will alleviate pressure from some passengers and retailers, who say that fares and char…