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North Sea Ferries was a ferry company which was jointly owned by P&O 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]
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 and Norland under British flag and with (mainly) British crew. The ship transferred to P&O North Sea Ferries in 1996. Geoff Capes, the Strongman, once pulled the ship along.
MS GNV Aries was built as MS Norsea for North Sea Ferries as part of their response to the need for larger vessels in the mid to late 1980s. The 1974 ships MV Norland and MV Norstar were proving to be very popular, and were running at capacity. Therefore, North Sea Ferries designed their "3rd Generation" overnight ferry.
The ship was launched as MS Norbank in 1993 and was delivered by October 1993 to Nordzee Verdi Stone BV, the Netherlands and started operating between Hull and Rotterdam for North Sea Ferries. She was chartered to P&O Group in January 1997 and remained on the Rotterdam route where she then transferred to the Felixstowe to Rotterdam route ...
P&O's involvement in the North Sea ferry routes began with a 35% stake in North Sea Ferries owned by its subsidiary General Steam Navigation Company. [38] North Sea Ferries had begun operations on 17 December 1965 sailing on the Hull–Rotterdam route, a route which critics predicted would not
The keel was laid in 1985 and was launched in 1986. Upon completion, the ship entered service in 1987 for North Sea Ferries, then a joint-venture between Dutch Nedlloyd and British P&O. The first years it sailed on the Rotterdam-Hull route with sister ship Norsea, replacing Norstar and Norland.
The Norwind was the first ferry to sail on the Hull-Rotterdam route for North Sea Ferries in 1965. On 17 December 1965, North Sea ferries started their inaugural ferry service. The ferries Norwave and Norwind sailed on their inaugural sailings from Hull to Rotterdam's Europoort. With Norwind a schedule was established that is continued to this day.
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