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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.
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 ...
In 1996 ownership transferred to P&O Ferries when Nedlloyd sold its 50% stake to P&O. The ships sailed the Rotterdam route until 2001 when they were replaced by the Pride of Rotterdam and the Pride of Hull. In 2002 the ships were transferred to the Zeebrugge-Hull route, [2] again replacing Norstar and Norland. Both ships were internally ...
North Sea Ferries was a ferry company which was jointly owned by P&O Group and Nedlloyd. [1] It operated from 1965 until 1996, when it was merged into P&O Operations (P&O North Sea Ferries), [2] it had routes from Hull to Rotterdam (Europort) and Zeebrugge.
In May 2001, now owned and operated by P&O Ferries ordered MS Pride of Hull and MS Pride of Rotterdam. Once relieved of service on the Hull-Rotterdam route, the ship was sent off for two months major refurbishment and branding realignment, prior to entering service on the Hull- Zeebrugge route, and replacing the 27-year-old MS Norland in the ...
The Norland was a P&O roll-on/roll-off ferry operating between Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, UK, and Rotterdam Europoort, Netherlands, and then Zeebrugge, Belgium. The 27,000 tonne ferry was built in 1974 by AG Weser, Bremerhaven, for Dutch North Sea Ferries partners Noordzee Veerdiensten N.V. Sistership MV Norstar sailed under Dutch flag ...
The ship transferred to P&O North Sea Ferries in 1996. On the UK side ferries needed to pass locks to berth in King George Dock, and both ships Norstar and Norland were designed as large as possible for the locks in 1974. From launch until 1987 she sailed the Hull-Rotterdam route and from 1987 until 2001 she sailed on the Hull-Zeebrugge route.
P&O operates ferries under the brand P&O Ferries with operations in the following areas: In the English Channel between Dover and Calais, In the North Sea principly between Hull and Rotterdam with additional freight services also serving Tilbury, Teesport and Zeebrugge, and; On the Irish Sea between Cairnryan and Larne.