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Hull-Zeebrugge Hull-Rotterdam Sold to Grandi Navi Veloci: 8501957 Pride of York (2002 – 2021) Norsea (1987–2002) 1987 2021 31,785 1,250 Hull-Zeebrugge Hull-Rotterdam Sold to Grandi Navi Veloci: 8414582 Pride of Bilbao: 1993 2010 37,799 2,500 Portsmouth-Bilbao Returned to owner after closure of route 8012152 Roseanne: 1989 1991 7,744 12 ...
The newly renamed Pride of Hull was launched on 11 April 2001, [3] finally being delivered to P&O Ferries on 16 November 2001. [3] She was christened by Cherie Blair [3] in Hull on 30 November 2001, [3] entering service on 2 December 2001. [3]
Norsea and Norsun were refitted and returned to P&O North Sea Ferries on the Hull–Zeebrugge route as Pride of York and Pride of Bruges. Following P&O's acquisition of P&O Stena Line in 2002, P&O North Sea Ferries was merged and rebranded with P&O's Portsmouth and Dover operations under the current P&O Ferries Ltd name.
P&O Ferries suspended most of its operations when it replaced nearly 800 seafarers with cheaper agency workers on March 17.
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The ship's keel was laid on 1 March 1999. The ship was built as yard number 6065. She was originally to have been named Pride of Hull, but this was changed to Pride of Rotterdam before her launch on 29 September 2000. [2] Pride of Rotterdam was officially handed over to P&O North Sea Ferries on 12 April 2001 in Venice, Italy. [4]
MS Spirit of France is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries on the Dover–Calais route. She is the second of two Spirit-class ships built for P&O Ferries, the other being Spirit of Britain (now known as Oscar Wilde) The vessels are the largest ferries constructed for the Dover/Calais route and the largest ferries to ever cross the English Channel.
In 2001, new facilities were inaugurated on the banks of the Humber. The Rotterdam Terminal (on the site of the 1993 River Terminal 1), was built at a cost of £14.3 million to serve the P&O North Sea Ferries' new ships, the Pride of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull, used on the Hull-Rotterdam route. [268] The 1919 grain silo was demolished in 2010 ...