THE SURVEY OF UK SHORT SEA FREIGHT RORO AND LOLO CAPACITY JUNE 2007 - FERRY SERVICE DETAILS PORT SERVICE LINE AGENT TERMINAL SERVICE SERVICE Sector Sailings VESSELS CAPACITY NOTES (including volume indication) OPERATOR REF. DESTINATION TYPE /week BLYTH United Container Intermodal 12 Transped Ltd South Harbour MOERDIJK LOLO CO 2 MARC MITCHELL 31,304 New service started by UCI to replace service previously provided by Samskip, utilising the newly chartered Marc Mitchell (previously with (UCI) OPDR) BLYTH UPM Seaways 13 Transped Ltd South Harbour/ HAMINA/RAUMA RORO BA 0.5 MIMAR 2,389 New service in 2005 developed out of a combination of existing forest product services and the old Pool Carriers service, now calling Blyth Wimbourne Quay every 2 weeks, as opposed to every 3 weeks in 2006. Rotation: Hamina, Rauma, Rouen, Blyth, Hamina. Overall capacity increased by 50%

BLYTH 14 ROUEN RORO FS 2,389 TYNE DFDS 15 DFDS Tor Line Ltd International Ferry STAVANGER/ PAX SC 2 PRINCESS OF 14,255 Vessel and service acquired by DFDS Tor Line / Seaways in September 2006. Under new ownership the schedule has been intensified, sailing (NORBRIDGE NORTH) Terminal HAUGESUND/ BERGEN (ex Fjord Norway) ex Newcastle on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday between 17th May and 26th September for holiday peak period and dropping to two sailings per week during the Winter (Tuesday and Saturday departure). Service enhancement enabled because the Princess of Norway is dedciated to the route and is not used, as it was previously, on Fjord Lines' Norway / service

TYNE DFDS Tor Line 16 DFDS Tor Line Ltd International Ferry PAX CO 7 QUEEN OF 35,363 Capacity on the route was upgraded by replacing the Duke of Scandinavia with the King of Scandinavia (ex Val de Loire) in March 2006. Daily (SHORTBRIDGE) Terminal (Ijmuiden) SCANDINAVIA, KING OF departures from Newcastle at 17:30, arrival in Amstrerdam 09.30 local time next day. No change over the last 12 months SCANDINAVIA TYNE DFDS Tor Line 17 DFDS Tor Line Ltd International Ferry / PAX SC The service operating a double round trip /Kristiansand Friday/Saturday before returning to Newcastle was closed down and the (ANGLOBRIDGE) Terminal GOTHENBURG Princess of Scandinavia sold in November 2006 after DFDS's takeover of the Fjord Norway and the Fjord Line route between Newcastle and Bergen. Capacity for 4,188 freight units taken out of the market TYNE Feederlink 18 Denholm Shipping Services Tyne Container Terminal ROTTERDAM LOLO CO 2.5 WESTERN TRADER, 26,481 Now making 3 scheduled calls per week, one a dedicated UK feeder, with another dedicated Continental call every two weeks. Mixture of HAJO, CLONTARF, feeder and short sea business. More short sea traffic from northern ports. Six vessels operate on four schedules, one of which is purely UK NORTHSEA-TRADER, feeder. Continental capacity is shared with Felixstowe, Immingham and Grangemouth depending on route schedule CLONLEE, KARIN

SUNDERLAND 19 TEESPORT P&O Ferries 20 P&O Ferries Teesport Ferry Terminal ROTTERDAM RORO CO 6 NORKING, NORQUEEN 116,679 Daily departures from Teesport at 21.00, arriving at Europort 14.00 next day, with 17.00 departure on Saturday (10.00 arrival on Continent). Schedule upgraded from just 5 sailings in 2005. Norqueen no longer used to supplement capacity on the Hull service. Occasional Sunday sailings if demand dictates TEESPORT P&O Ferries 21 P&O Ferries Teesport Ferry Terminal ZEEBRUGGE RORO CO 6 NORSKY, NORSTREAM 136,126 15 hour crossing. 21.00 departure from Teesport on weekdays, 17.00 on Saturday. No Sunday sailing. Larger Norsky and Norstream sometimes interchanged with the Norking and Norqueen TEESPORT Jade-Tees Line 22 Cory Brothers Shipping Ltd Teesport Container BREMEN LOLO CO Jade-Tees weekly service closed in September 2005, taking capacity for 9,360 units out of the market, after 10 years serving the niche regional Terminal 1 trade, latterly through dedicated Teesport/Bremen and Ipswich/Bremen services. Jade-Tees tranferred freight to third party operators such as DFDS Tor Line TEESPORT Containerships 23 Containerships (UK) Ltd Teesport Container HELSINKI/ KLAIPEDA LOLO BA 3 CONTAINERSHIPS V, 54,127 Three calls per week in Teesport. Containerships V and VII currently employed on weekly round trips that include Helsinki, Klaipeda, Terminal 2 CONTAINERSHIPS VII, Rotterdam and Teesport. Assume capacity for Baltic shared roughly 60/40 in favour of Continental ports. Also Containerships VI, CONTAINERSHIPS VI, Containerships VIII, Francop and Aila operating on schedules that include a call into Teesport once every four weeks, sharing capacity for the CONTAINERSHIPS VIII, Baltic with Hamburg. 17,545 feu (47%) added to route capacity as a result of these changes that also included dropping an Immingham port FRANCOP, AILA call THE SURVEY OF UK SHORT SEA FREIGHT RORO AND LOLO CAPACITY JUNE 2007 - VESSEL DETAILS OPERATOR/SERVICE VESSEL ROUTE Own or BUILT TYPE CAPACITY CAPACITY INTERNAL SPECIFICATIONS OTHER SPECIFICATIONS From To Chartered RoRo (Lms) LOLO (Teu) 'UNITS' CARS UNITS Passengers Decks D/h't Lifts Ramps Length Beam Draft DWT GT NT P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF BRUGES Hull Zeebrugge Own 1987 PAX 2,250 154 850 0 1,250 3 4.3 179.35 25.35 6.18 6,403 31,598 18,174 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF BURGUNDY Dover Calais Own 1992 ROPAX 1,925 120 465 120 1,420 2 4.9 179.70 27.80 6.30 5,875 28,138 8,648 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF CALAIS Dover Calais Own 1987 PAX 1,560 100 585 0 2,289 2 4.5 169.60 27.80 6.10 4,213 26,433 11,399 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF CANTERBURY Dover Calais Own 1992 PAX 1,925 120 537 0 2,000 2 4.9 179.70 27.80 6.42 5,100 30,635 9,190 (converted in 2003) P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF DOVER Dover Calais Own 1987 PAX 1,560 100 585 0 2,289 2 4.5 169.60 27.80 6.10 4,292 26,433 11,399 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF HULL Hull Rotterdam Own 2001 ROPAX 3,285 225 250 225 1,360 3 7.0 2 215.00 31.50 6.10 8,800 59,925 26,868 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF KENT (converted in Dover Calais Own 1991 PAX 1,925 120 537 0 2,000 2 4.9 179.40 27.80 6.42 5,100 30,635 9,190 2003) P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM Hull Rotterdam Own 2001 ROPAX 3,285 225 250 225 1,360 3 7.0 2 215.00 31.50 6.10 8,850 59,925 26,868 P&O FERRIES PRIDE OF YORK Hull Zeebrugge Own 1987 PAX 2,250 154 850 0 1,250 3 4.3 179.20 25.40 6.13 6,419 31,785 18,197 P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY Cairnryan Larne Own 2000 ROPAX 1,750 91 91 410 3 6.2 2 156.20 23.40 5.50 4,335 20,800 9,516 P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) EUROPEAN HIGHLANDER Cairnryan Larne Own 2002 ROPAX 1,750 91 91 410 3 6.2 2 156.20 23.40 5.50 4,335 20,800 9,516

P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) EUROPEAN MARINER Troon Larne Own 1978 RORO 1,136 71 30 71 12 2 5.8 1 116.30 18.20 5.40 3,046 5,897 1,769 P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) NORBANK Liverpool Dublin Own 1993 ROPAX 2,040 128 128 114 3 4.9 2 166.70 23.90 6.02 6,791 17,464 5,239 P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) NORBAY Liverpool Dublin Own 1994 ROPAX 2,040 128 128 114 3 4.9 2 166.70 23.90 6.02 6,722 17,464 5,239 P&O FERRIES (IRISH SEA) RR TRIUMPH (ex Lehola) Liverpool Dublin Charter 1997 RORO 1,057 72 72 12 3 5.0 1 1 122.30 19.80 6.20 5,700 7,606 2,282 RO-ROCO ANGLIAN WAY Ipswich Ostend Own 1978 RORO 1,148 79 70 79 12 2 6.1 1 141.30 17.40 5.20 4,322 7,628 2,288 RO-ROCO IPSWICH WAY Tilbury Ostend Own 1980 RORO 1,145 78 78 6 2 5.8 1 135.05 16.51 4.74 4,465 6,568 1,970 RO-ROCO OSTEND WAY Tilbury Ostend Own 1980 RORO 1,145 78 78 6 2 5.8 1 135.05 16.51 4.74 4,465 6,568 1,970 RO-ROCO FLANDERS WAY Ipswich Ostend Own 1978 RORO 1,148 79 70 79 12 2 6.1 1 141.30 17.40 5.20 4,190 7,635 2,290 TRANSATLANTIC (ex Pal Line) TRANSAGILA Goole Charter 1995 LOLO 304 152 152 96.40 15.90 5.94 4,550 2,997 1,320 TRANSATLANTIC (ex Pal Line) TRANSFREJ Goole Sweden Charter 1994 LOLO 304 152 152 96.40 15.90 5.94 4,470 2,997 1,320 TRANSATLANTIC (ex Pal Line) TRANSODIN Goole Sweden Charter 1994 LOLO 304 152 152 96.40 15.90 5.94 4,530 2,997 1,320 TRANSATLANTIC (ex Pal Line) UTE S Goole Sweden Charter 1999 LOLO 366 183 183 99.43 16.90 5.92 4,830 2,986 1,311 TRANSATLANTIC (ex Pal Line) TRANSNJORD Goole Sweden Charter LOLO 304 152 152 91.72 4,470 2,997 1,320 SAMSKIP ARNARFELL Immingham Reykjavik Charter 2005 LOLO 908 454 454 137.53 21.30 8.00 11,143 8,830 3,783 SAMSKIP HELGAFELL Immingham Reykjavik Charter 2005 LOLO 908 454 454 137.53 21.30 8.00 11,143 8,830 3,783 SAMSKIP AKRAFELL Immingham Reykjavik Charter 2004 LOLO 667 334 334 142.96 18.25 7.36 10,600 7,769 3,856 SAMSKIP HVASSAFELL Immingham Reykjavik Charter 2004 LOLO 667 334 334 142.69 18.25 7.33 10,500 7,767 3,856 SAMSKIP GEEST MERCHANT Hull/Tilbury Rotterdam Charter 1995 LOLO 340 170 170 99.30 16.40 4.91 3,946 2,899 1,390 THE SURVEY OF UK RORO AND LOLO FREIGHT FERRY AND PORT CAPACITY - JUNE 2007 Port Port Terminal Entrance Ro-Ro Lo-Lo Vessel acceptance dimensions Restricting Terminal areas Electrical Notes Terminal User 2 2 ownership berths cranes Draft LOA Beam DWT Tide factors Open m Covered m points operator restrictions Irlam Peel Ports Irlam Container Canal 1 7.3 161.0 19.4 Tidal Vessels over 110 metres loa require tug assistance and have to 12,141 Capacity to store 450 teu on the terminal, stacked 3 high. Crane is a mobile Gottwald harbour Manchester Ship Common User Terminal turn further upstream. Airdraft restriction 21.33 metres crane, supported by 2 reachstackers. Terminal has good road access to A57 and 6 acres of Canal Company adjacent land available for development Irlam Peel Ports 0 1 12,141 0 0 Garston ABP Stalbridge Dock Lock 8.3 152.4 19.2 Tidal 25,000 28,000 1xScotch Derrick 30t ABP Common User Garston ABP 0 0 25,000 28,000 0 Liverpool Peel Ports Royal Seaforth Lock 8 292.0 36.0 Tidal Max. vessel size: 292m loa, 36m beam, 11.6m draft on all 240,705 6,815 205 The Deep Sea and Short Sea terminals have now been integrated into a single area although three Mersey Docks & Common User Container Terminal. high tides 365 days per year. LAT over Gladstone Lock sill cranes are still restricted to handling smaller vessels such as Coastal, CMA-CGM and MSC Harbour Co. S3, S4, S5 and S6 - 5.6m (MLWS 6.1m) feeders. Rail mounted gantry operations have been taken out and replaced by straddle carriers. the ex short sea The combined terminal has a 17,000 teu stacking capacity and a RoRo berth for ACL vessels terminal

Liverpool Peel Ports Gladstone Dock Lock 2 292.0 36.0 Tidal As per Royal Seaforth S6 79,200 Capacity for 160 export trailer/170 import trailer + unacc. P&O Ferries (Irish Dedicated to P&O Sea) Irish Sea Liverpool Peel Ports Langton RoRo River Tidal This proposed terminal has received the approval of a Harbour Revision Order but awaits Mersey Docks & Common User terminal customer commitment before proceeding Harbour Co. Liverpool Peel Ports Brocklebank Dock Lock 1 185.0 26.0 Tidal MLWS 6.1m over sill, 0.6m clearance 70,200 900 Access via Langton Lock and now used by the Celtic Ferries service Celtic Ferries Dedicated to Celtic Ferries Liverpool Peel Ports Canada Dock Lock 1 185.0 26.0 Tidal MLWS 6.1m over sill, 0.6m clearance 35,750 7,000 Access via Langton Lock, but mostly used for general cargo handling Mersey Docks & Common User Harbour Co. Liverpool Peel Ports Twelve Quays River 2 7.0 AST Dredged to 7.5m Below Chart Datum 128,000 Single linkspan plus twin berth floating pontoon. Opened in Spring 2002. Terminal extended by Norfolk Line Dedicated to 2.8 hectares and new terminal management programme installed early in 2005 Norfolk Line

Liverpool Peel Ports 6 8 553,855 14,715 205 Fleetwood ABP RoRo berth River 1 4.2 160.0 20.3 AST 70,823 Linkspan is 2-lane 180 tonne capacity. Isle of Man Steam Packet service to Douglas in Summer Stena Line priority

Fleetwood ABP 1 0 70,823 0 0