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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]
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.
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 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]
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 ...
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.
She was originally built for Nedlloyd to be placed on the Hull to Rotterdam route with 2040 lane metres of freight and a gross tonnage of 17,464. However, in 1996 Norbay, while still retaining the same name, route and livery was bought by P&O North sea ferries.
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 ...