Copenhagen-based shipping company DFDS says it has submitted a binding offer to Eurotunnel for the charter or purchase of two Ro-Pax ferries.

As informed, the two vessels are sister ferries 1,500-gt Rodin, built in 2001 and the 2005-built Berlioz, servicing the English Channel.

The duo was owned by MyFerryLink and was sold to Eurotunnel in 2012.

According to DFDS, the bidding offer is effective as of July 2, 2015 based on terms and conditions agreed with Eurotunnel.

The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) banned Eurotunnel from operating ferries from Dover.

According to CMA's original ruling, Eurotunnel's acquisition of SeaFrance back in June 2012 constituted a merger, and not a mere purchase of ships. CMA blocked Eurotunnel from operating the Dover-Calais ferry route for a period of ten years.

France's Groupe Eurotunnel SA said it has decided to look for a buyer for its MyFerryLink business after the U.K.'s Competition Appeal Tribunal upheld the Competition and Markets Authority's decision.

However, in the latest turn of events, MyFerryLink won a permission from the U.K.'s Court of Appeal to contest CMA's ban challenging their jurisdiction over the case.