man che ▁Fer ries ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁After ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁successful ▁service ▁and ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁two ▁new build s , ▁the ▁government ▁decided ▁to ▁tender ▁the ▁line ▁in ▁a ▁con cess ion . ▁The ▁contract ▁to ▁operate ▁the ▁service ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁L D ▁L ines ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁For ▁this ▁service ▁they ▁were ▁sl ated ▁to ▁receive ▁an ▁annual ▁subs id y ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁€ 1 4 . 6 ▁million . ▁L D ▁L ines ▁comm enced ▁sail ings ▁on ▁this ▁route ▁on ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁three ▁round ▁tri ps ▁between ▁Die ppe ▁and ▁the ▁Port ▁of ▁New h aven , ▁L D ▁L ines ▁started ▁a ▁single ▁round ▁trip ▁per ▁day ▁between ▁Le ▁Hav re ▁and ▁New h aven ▁during ▁high ▁season ▁using ▁the ▁MS ▁Seven ▁Sister s . ▁However , ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁they ▁announced ▁that ▁this ▁service ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁continued . ▁Currently ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁sail ings ▁per ▁day ▁each ▁way , ▁( 3 ▁in ▁high ▁season ) ▁using ▁the ▁C ote ▁d ' Al b atre ▁and ▁Seven ▁Sister s . ▁ ▁The ▁Die ppe - New h aven ▁service ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁D F DS ▁Se aw ays ▁France ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁fully ▁market ed ▁as ▁a ▁D F DS ▁Se aw ays ▁route . ▁ ▁D over – Cal ais