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Hull-Zeebrugge 31,785 Nassau, Bahamas: Sold to Grandi Navi Veloci April 2021, renamed GNV Aries. Pride of Bruges: September 1986 1986–2021 Hull-Zeebrugge 31,598 Nassau, Bahamas: Sold to Grandi Navi Veloci April 2021, renamed GNV Antares. European Seaway: October 1991: 1991–2021: Dover-Calais: 22,986: Limassol, Cyprus: Sold to Sea Lines ...
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 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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Pride of Hull was designed as two ships in one, both a car ferry and a cargo transporter, with three large freight decks, loaded by a single stern door and a car deck, on deck 7, loaded via a side ramp. She is 215.05 m (705 ft 7 in) long with a beam of 31.85 m (104 ft 6 in) and a draught of 6.04 m (19 ft 10 in).
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]