The MS Berlioz car ferry moored-up at Dover Eastern Docks, Kent.
MS Berlioz is a Ro-Ro Passenger Ferry owned by Euro-Transmanche 3 BE and operated by MyFerryLink between Dover and Calais, the ship was the second to be built for SeaFrance in 2005, she entered service with SeaFrance in March 2005 and finished with SeaFrance in January 2012 when the company was liquidated. She was sold to Euro-Transmanche 3 BE (Eurotunnel) in July 2012 and was renamed Berlioz and entered service in August 2012 between Dover and Calais. The SeaFrance Berlioz carried out up to ten English Channel crossings per day with SeaFrance, in a time of 70 minutes each. In total, there are 11 decks. When in SeaFrance service the passenger areas accounted for the upper two decks, with the lower decks used for the vehicles. The passenger area included a retail space and children's play area. The retail area covered around 500m² and included a boutique and a shopping area offering clothes, cosmetics, confectionary, beer, wines and spirits. There was also a newspaper kiosk, bureau de change and information desk. On board, there were six bars and restaurants. The Latitudes café bar and the Le Parisien café were located in the ship's bow - the former on the upper deck and the latter on the lower deck. The Latitudes could seat 260 passengers with waiter service for 60 and the Le Parisien café could accommodate 350 diners. The other areas were the Relais self-service restaurant, the la Brasserie Restaurant, the Le Pub bar, which had seating for 400 people, and a commercial driver's restaurant catering for 160 people. The Relais was situated at the stern and overlooks the children's play area. It had seating for 350 customers. After 16 November 2011, she was laid up in Calais Port, due to the commercial court ordering that Seafrance be liquidated.
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Location: Port of Dover, Dover, Kent, England.
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: berlioz, car, docks, dover, eastern, ferry, kent, morred, ms, panorama, photostich
