The French daily Les Echos names Italian ferry company GNV as one bidder, while the former chairman of Marseille port, Christian Garin, is reportedly another.

Mexico’s Baja Ferries has already said it is in the running for the company, which filed for bankruptcy in November.

Monday is the deadline for offers.

Baja said it would keep 800 of the shipowner’s 1,500 staff.

It also wants to maintain the Marseille-Corsica lines, but close routes from Nice and Toulon, while opening new runs to Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria from Marseille.

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