Ostend There are for the first time specific vacancies on the website of Seaborne Freight, the airline ferrylijn want to boot between Ostend and Ramsgate. They are in Oostende looking for a Senior Operations Assistant and a Junior Operations Assistant. According to mayor Bart Tommelein (Open Vld) wants that not to say that there is a breakthrough, but is it a step in the right direction.
at the End of last week that mayor Tommelein already know that the arrival of a ferrylijn with Ramsgate in a momentum has been touched since his visit to Ramsgate in January. On the website of Ramsgate are now for the first time, the actual vacancies appeared. The website has existed for longer and were also more new jobs announced, but the vacancies are now also concrete. With Seaborne Freight, they are seeking people who are responsible for the check in of the vehicles and assist with the loading and unloading of the ships.
however this does not mean that there is already an agreement with the port of Ostend. “At this moment there is still no contract. It can be reassured that they all begin with the recruitment process, but we have nothing to do with it. This is a step in the right direction. They make themselves ready for things to start. That means that they know what they need to do to get me in the right direction to go,” said Tommelein.
Heavier conditions
The new city government imposed some stricter conditions on the table before the company from the start would be allowed to go. It is claimed that Seaborne the fence pay, that the property of the port of Ostend would be. There should also be a comprehensive guarantee that the investments and bills to cover. In addition, the city has a comprehensive financial guarantee which the Port of Ostend may freely dispose of if invoices are not paid in would be. The city also requires an upfront payment of the invoices up to the year 2020.
The new ferrylijn was originally in march 2018 start. Since then, the deadline of each time-shifted. Meanwhile, were also created in England, doubts about the company. Bart Tommelein and Charlotte Verkeyn went therefore in January to Ramsgate with the government and the Seaborne Freight to speak. There would have been some shot in the matter of sitting.
