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In 1987 Emeraude took over the services and boats of
Vedettes Blanches et Vertes. Blanches et Vertes was formed from the amalgamation of the two previous operating companies Vedettes Blanches Saint Malo and Vedettes Vertes Granvillaises who had first launched their high speed catamaran services to
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Originally built as a W 5000L refrigerated cargo catamaran for carrying fish and fresh produce between
Iceland and The Netherlands. After several years lay-up in Norway, rebuilt during 1992–93 by Oskarshamns Varv as a car carrying fast ferry, including the adding of a third passenger deck for an
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Emeraude sales and by October of that year the company was in financial difficulties, having reputedly lost ÂŁ1,000,000 in turnover since Condor operations began on the route. On 2 October 2003, the company filed for protection from bankruptcy in France with debts of
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Emeraude lose millions of Euros over the Summer of 2005, and this was one of the factors in the decision to cease services, although initially the company only cancelled services in December 2005 until the end of February 2006.
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in 2004, but French government authority who had initiated and funded the service decided to terminate the contract in
October of that year after a number of administrative and technical issues. Emeraude and Connex were beaten by
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were granted a licence to carry cars from Jersey to St Malo. Previously only
Emeraude Lines was permitted to carry cars and passengers to St Malo direct from Jersey. The decision by the
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Waterborne airport shuttle for Air France between Saint-Tropez, Cannes and Nice
Airport, operated by Emeraude
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979:"Emeraude takeover approved"
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1294:"CORSAIRE, IMO 9075589"
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131:www.emeraudeferries.com
1508:"M/S SOLIDOR 5 (2000)"
1461:"M/S ANNE-LISE (1987)"
1417:"M/S SOLIDOR 3 (1996)"
1156:"M/S LANGELAND (1965)"
1131:"HISAR 2, IMO 6504773"
994:, retrieved 5 May 2011
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715:Currently in service (
664:, Tasmania, Australia)
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1439:"M/S Ă–REGRUND (1988)"
1319:"HSC EMERAUDE (1994)"
1272:"M/S TUMLEREN (1979)"
332:, Papenburg, Germany)
320:Current status/Notes
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758:"Emeraude Ferries"
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1562:. Fakta om Fartyg
1510:. Fakta om Fartyg
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1463:. Fakta om Fartyg
1441:. Fakta om Fartyg
1419:. Fakta om Fartyg
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1321:. Fakta om Fartyg
1274:. Fakta om Fartyg
1252:. Fakta om Fartyg
1205:. Fakta om Fartyg
1158:. Fakta om Fartyg
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