Petite rectif : c'était juin 2011 et non pas 2010
Ferry service to/from
India re-started June 2011, suspended again Dec 2011...
After many years of being cut off from each other, a new ferry service started between
Colombo in
Sri Lanka and Tuticorin in
India in June 2011, website
www.flemingoliners.com
. The modern cruise ferry 'Scotia Prince' started sailing twice a week in each direction, leaving at 18:00 and arriving at 08:00 next morning, although sailing days changed from week to week. All passengers got a sleeping berth in a cabin, fares ranged from 2,243 Indian rupees (about £47 or $77) in an economy class single-berth cabin to 2,760 Indian rupees (£58 or $95) in a super deluxe single-berth cabin, all fares included a non-alcoholic 'welcome aboard' drink and a fixed-menu dinner. They had aspirations to make it a daily service in due course. However, due to a dispute over money owed to the caterers (!), the ferry was impounded in December 2011, and isn't currently running. The operator isn't sure when (or if) it will resume. A second ferry service, between Rameswaram and Talaimannar was rumoured to be starting by the end of 2011, but again no details are available and nothing seems to have happened. So currently no ferries at all link
India with
Sri Lanka.
