Ijmuiden - South East England Potential Ferry Service

Background New ferry port built in IJmuiden Feasible ferry ports in UK with.. …short sailing distances Gr Yarmouth 105 n. miles (5,5H) Harwich 131n. miles ( 7,0H) Sheerness 159 n. miles(8,5H) Very good road infrastructure to/from IJmuiden Stable/growing freight- and pass car traffic NL-UK

Industry Situation Very high fuel costs- industry challenge Freight/transport oriented Ro Pax concept-winners Freight traffic growth NL-UK % p.a. last years Stable pass car traffic Tonnage renewal. Stena Line, Brittany Ferries, P&O, DFDS

Traffic development UK-Continent 2007 in thousands UK-F (+ 3%) pass, (+5%) pass car (+3%) freight UK-NL (-13%) pass, 266 (-15%) pass car 520 (+2%) freight NB.20% less sailings UK-NL 07 vs 06 UK-NL Acc July Y/Y Pass +3%, Pass cars +3%, Freight +4%

The North Sea

IJmuiden Routing

Why IJmuiden New flexible port capacity Very cost efficient port operation Short distances - Fuel economy Prosperous hinterland Holland +Rhein-Ruhr Prosperous near market Amsterdam

Business and tonnage concept Focus on pass car and freight traffic Flexible seasonal manning and sailings Two Ro Pax ships start up lm, 250 cabins, 20 kn service speed Two double sailings per day One day and one night in sailing each direction

Continued Start up with older second hand tonnage Service speed knots for fuel economy Flexible low cost manning onboard/ashore Low cost floating pass prices Focus on cost efficient On-line marketing

Possible traffic volumes 2 ships 4 sailings per day Third year operation; pass pass cars lorries/trailers (70/30%)

Summary A big and growing traffic UK-Continent Available efficient port facilities Strong hinterland and road infra structure Second or third year profitability

Thank you for listening! For more information contact: Peter van de Meerakker Port of Ijmuiden Frans Baud KVSA Bo-Lennart Thorbjörnsson BOLT Consulting

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