1.   An interest-payment freeze was one option open to the tunnel operator and its banks.

2.   Analysts said the early buying was driven by private investors, who hold a majority of shares in the tunnel operator.

3.   BNP also made provisions on its loan to the Franco-British Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel.

4.   English Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel unveiled a narrower first-half loss and suggested it may refinance its crippling bank debt by the end of this month.

5.   He said the governments involved in the Eurotunnel project had not met their commitments and the tunnel operator suffered from discriminatory measures enforced by France, Britain and Belgium.

6.   It covers liabilities including infrastructure damage and revenue loss incurred by tunnel operator Eurotunnel.

7.   Scor covers liabilities including infrastructure damage and revenue loss incurred by tunnel operator Eurotunnel.

8.   So is Eurotunnel, the Channel tunnel operator.

9.   The Anglo-French tunnel operator, which has been offering limited freight and passenger services through the undamaged passage, completed repairs earlier this month.

10.   The debt-burdened English Channel tunnel operator cited pressure to be competitive for the cuts.