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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 ...
P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Northern Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O.
The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea. The port is located in the municipality of Bruges , West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium , handling over 50 million tonnes of cargo annually.
P&O European Ferries (formerly Townsend Thoresen), a division of P&O Ferries, was a ferry company which operated in the English Channel from 1987 after the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, when Townsend Thoresen was renamed P&O European Ferries, until 1999 when the Portsmouth Operations became P&O Portsmouth and the Dover Operations were merged with Stena Line AB to make P&O Stena Line.
Many of the assets were sold to Transeuropa Ferries which revived the route between Ramsgate and Ostend, first as a freight-only service, and subsequently taking passengers and cars. However, this itself closed in 2013 and since P&O Ferries closed their Hull-Zeebrugge service in 2021 there is currently no car ferry between the U.K. and Belgium.
DFDS Seaways renewed its fleet in 2006, purchasing MS King of Scandinavia and MS Princess of Norway to replace the last ships still in service that dated from the 1970s. The company has acquired a reputation for purchasing used ships, as well as for taking over the build contracts or taking delivery of newbuilds originally ordered by other companies.
MS Pride of Burgundy was planned as the fourth 'European Class' freight-only vessel, to be named European Causeway for P&O European Ferries' Dover to Zeebrugge route. Due to demand on the Dover - Calais route, the ship was converted to a multi-purpose ferry (passengers and freight) prior to completion with the addition of extra superstructure.
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. P&O North Sea Ferries was then merged with P&O Ferries in 2003. [3]