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Olau Line was founded in 1956 by the Danish businessman Ole Lauritzen.Originally the company concentrated in chartering tankers and cargo ships to other shipping companies, but in 1974 Olau Line started a car/passenger ferry services from Sheerness in the United Kingdom to Vlissingen in the Netherlands and from Copenhagen (Denmark) to Aalborg (Denmark).
The Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland was founded in June 1875 and opened a service from Vlissingen to Sheerness in Kent on July 26 of that year. However, poor support led to the service being suspended for the following winter and re-opened on May 15, 1876 to nearby Queenborough.
The second Olau Hollandia was delivered to TT-Line on 29 September 1989, and five days later she entered service on Olau Line's service between Sheerness and Vlissingen. [2] On entering service she replaced the first MS Olau Hollandia (1980). [9] The Olau Hollandia ' s sister, MS Olau Britannia (1990), followed a year later.
Sheerness (/ ʃ ɪər ˈ n ɛ s /) is a port town and civil parish [2] [3] beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 16,738.
Ferry connection to Breskens, since March 2003 (opening of the Western Scheldt Tunnel) for pedestrians and cyclists only. There used to be a ferry service to Sheerness operated by Olau Line. It was discontinued in 1994. St. Jacobskerk
The ferry consumed 180,000 litres of high grade fuel daily whilst doing its four crossings at speeds of up to 45 knots, about 75 kilometres per hour. After the Stena Discovery was removed from service on the Hook of Holland – Harwich route, she was laid up in Belfast. In 2010 she was sold to Venezuelan interests.
The third ferry operated on a trial basis until November 2014 but returned from March 30, 2015, due to the large number of cyclists. The ferry has been in service ever since, except for a few weeks around and after New Year's Eve when planned maintenance takes place on the ferries so that one ferry less is available.
Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960.