CONDOR says it is “confident” it is the best operator to serve the Channel Islands, after the Jersey and Guernsey governments invited ferry firms to bid for a long-term service contract.
The islands are carrying out market-testing and appealing to Condor, and other established operators, to formally register their interest.
Condor has an operating agreement with Jersey which ends in 2025 but only a memorandum of understanding with Guernsey.
The long-term plan is to create a formal operating agreement between both islands and a ferry firm.
In a statement, John Napton, Condor’s chief executive, said: “We have been informed that a procurement process is the required next step for the Government of Jersey to undertake, given we are in the run-off period before the end of the current operating agreement in March 2025.
“It is therefore logical that the States of Guernsey assesses its position with the existing
memorandum of understanding at the same time.
“We are confident that we will prove that we continue to be the right operator, with over 70 years’ experience, for the islands’ bespoke requirements.”
