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P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain) P&O Irish Sea ; Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) Polferries (the Baltic Sea) Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.) Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames) Saremar (Italy) Scandlines (Baltic Sea) Shetland Islands Council (internal ...
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.
Baltic Ferry E (1987–1992) 1987 2001 18,732 Felixstowe-Zeebrugge Rosslare-Cherbourg Sold to Celtic Link Ferries: 7528659 Pride of Flanders (1992–2002) Nordic Ferry E (1980–1992) 1987 2002 18,732 688 (1980–1995) 144 (1995–2002) Felixstowe-Zeebrugge Felixstowe-Rotterdam Sold to Stena Line: 7528568 Global Freighter: Returned to owner ...
Rebuilt in 1981 by Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom as a combined train and ro-ro ferry. Chartered in August 1981 by Sealink. Collided on 19 December 1982 with European Gateway off Harwich, United Kingdom. European Gateway sank with the loss of six lives. Renamed Caribe Express in 1987, then Stena Shipper and Kirk Shipper in 1988.
NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries [1]) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.
Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Baltic Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles.
During 2006, P&O's ferry and port operations were taken over by DP World. In 2010, P&O Irish Sea, which had been run from the parent company's offices in Dover since the withdrawal from Fleetwood in 2004, was rebranded as part of P&O Ferries. [5] Officially the company name remains as P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd, however. [2]
MV P&O Pioneer is a roll-on/roll-off cross-channel hybrid ferry operated by P&O Ferries.She is the first of her class ordered by P&O Ferries to replace the ageing Pride of Kent, with her sister P&O Liberte [2] due to follow in early 2024 to replace the ageing Pride of Canterbury and also Spirit of Britain in 2024 which has been chartered to Irish ferries.