SEALINK Travel Group this morning revealed that the use of port facilities and infrastructure at Cape Jervis and Penneshaw for the Kangaroo Island ferry route will involve a competitive tender from 2024.
The company noted that in 2015 it had requested consideration of an extension of its existing arrangements at the ports to “underpin further investment by SeaLink in both vessels and South Australia”.
However South Australian Minister for Transport and Planning, Stephen Knoll, has told the company the government had reached a decision that access to the facilities would be subject to a public tender to take effect from 01 Jul 2024.
SeaLink said it was currently continuing discussions regarding future arrangements for the route, with existing arrangements in place until Jul 2024.
The company welcomed the government’s decision to “move the process forward and provide clarity to SeaLink, its shareholders and the 370 staff we employ in South Australia”.
Source: traveldaily