MANY islanders will have been reassured that Commerce and Employment is consulting with Jersey on how best to license ferry operators to prevent these operations from being damaged by cherry-picking competitors.

HD FERRIES is not coming back.

HD FERRIES has played down fears that it is pulling out of the Channel Islands.

SHIP & Fly has cut its ties with HD Ferries.

DIRECT sailings to St Malo with HD Ferries have been cancelled because of rising fuel costs, passengers claimed yesterday.

LARGE waves and strong winds led ferry companies to cancel sailings yesterday and more bad weather is expected.

PASSENGERS were delayed by four hours yesterday after HD Ferries again cancelled its sailings.

FERRY operators are considering all available options in the fight against rising fuel costs, Condor and HD Ferries have confirmed.

HD FERRIES has scrapped its Tuesday and Thursday sailings for the rest of the summer.

THE missing component of HD1 that had been lost in transit has been found in France, although the courier said to have misplaced it denied any knowledge of the consignment.