An order to ban Dover ferry company MyFerryLink from operating was formally quashed on Friday.

The confirmation comes after the firm's historic victory before the UK Court of Appeal last week. The court confirmed on Friday that the report of the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") and the order banning MyFerryLink from operating out of Dover have now been laid to rest.

An appeal application that was filed by the CMA and Dover ferry operator DFDS has also been rejected.

MyFerryLink's Raphael Doutrebente and Jean-Michel Giguet said in a statement: "We welcome the decision, which categorically quashes the report of the CMA and the order which the CMA had made, attempting to prevent the business from operating out of the Port of Dover.

"This is very welcome news for our customers and our staff."

MyFerryLink formed with financial backing from Eurotunnel after former French run Seafrance went into liquidation. Ferries continued to be staffed by French crew.

Operations in the Port of Dover and the call centre in Whitfield continued to be staffed by British workers, many of whom were past Seafrance employees.

The fact Eurotunnel would have had stakes in two cross channel companies prompted the CMA to get involved and investigate whether the firm had an unfair monopoly of the route.

It was ruled it did, and MyFerryLink was ordered to stop trading by this summer. But the decision was over ruled last week.

The statement continued: “Given the Court of Appeal has also refused permission to appeal, we call on the CMA now to accept the judgement and cease the uncertainty that has hung over the Channel for the past three years.

"In stark contrast to all of the CMA's predictions, the market continues to grow strongly in 2015. DFDS have themselves stated publicly that they expect to be profitable on both their Calais and Dunkirk routes this year, fatally undermining previous self-serving statements of over-capacity and their imminent exit, which had formed a central part of the CMA's conclusions".