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After a year of stormy seas when it came to choosing a new operator for the island's lifeline ferry and freight services, Jersey's government has signed on the dotted line with DFDS on New Year's Eve.
The Danish firm will run Jersey's ferry services from March.
The 20-year contract for passenger and freight will include routes from the Island to Poole, Portsmouth and St Malo.
The government said DFDS had committed to "greater frequency" of ferries to the UK and France "in peak periods" and investing in three new ferries by 2032.
The Danish shipping giant has announced a "provisional" timetable and unveiled two fast ferries and a freight vessel that will run Jersey routes.
Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel said: "I'm delighted we have signed a contract with DFDS which will enable us to provide the best possible ferry services for islanders for the next 20 years."
Pictured: Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel, who has political responsibility for the selection process, said he was "delighted" the contract had been signed.
Jersey decided to open its own process to select a ferry provider because it could not agree on a pan-island solution with the States of Guernsey, which unilaterally confirmed it would be going with Brittany Ferries.
Last week, it emerged that Brittany Ferries launched legal action against the government after losing the Jersey bid.
After a hearing on 20 December, the Royal Court rejected most of its grounds for judicial review, but did gave Condor's majority owner permission to challenge a limited aspect of the decision-making process.
The Government has said it will "robustly defend" its conduct when further court hearings take place in the new year.
The legal action was confirmed just hours after DFDS released its "provisional" timetable for ferry services, noting that the full version would not be ready until next year. The Danish shipping giant said it was still in discussions with a number of ports – including Poole, Portsmouth and Saint-Malo – as it looked to firm up arrival and departure times across its routes.
Pictured: DFDS's provisional St Malo sailings.
The provider also revealed the vessels that would be serving the Jersey routes.
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