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MS King Seaways is a cruiseferry operated and owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways on a route connecting North Shields, effectively the port of Newcastle upon Tyne, (being 6 miles to the east of the city), England to IJmuiden in the Netherlands.
The United Kingdom to Norway ferry service was a route connecting Newcastle in England with Stavanger, Bergen, and Haugesund in Norway. It existed for over 140 years until 2008, when it was last operated by DFDS Seaways. Between 2010 and 2015 there were attempts by various companies to relaunch service.
On 2 February 1983, the Stockton ferry service was taken over from a private operator. [1] In November 2015, the Government announced its intention to incorporate Newcastle Buses & Ferries into the Newcastle Transport along with the Newcastle Light Rail and that the operation of services shall be contracted to a private operator.
In May 2008, DFDS made public its plan to close down the loss-making United Kingdom–Norway service on 1 September 2008. [1] [2] MS Queen of Scandinavia, the ship that was used in the service, has since been chartered to St Peter Line. In July 2010, DFDS acquired Norfolkline from Maersk. The Norfolkline routes and vessels were integrated into ...
In late 2005 she was sold to DFDS Seaways to serve the IJmuiden–Newcastle route as King of Scandinavia, subsequently renamed in 2011 as King Seaways. Olau Hollandia was the third of the vessels and built by Schichau Seebeckwerft for TT-Line's sister company Olau Line to a modified design.
The ferry was part of E4 until 1992, but was signposted so for several further years in Sweden. The Danish E-roads have no other national numbers (the national number is the same as the E-number, here 47, but only the E-sign is posted).
MS Tor Corona departing Copenhagen, March 2008.. The Tor Line was a freight shipping company.Together with its subsidiaries, the Tor Line operated a fleet of approximately 65 ro-ro, ro-pax and lo-lo ships, primarily on the North and Baltic Seas. [1]
Scandlines is a ferry company that operates the Rødby–Puttgarden and Gedser–Rostock ferry routes between Denmark and Germany. Scandlines owns seven ferries, six of which are hybrid ferries, making Scandlines the owner of the world's largest fleet of hybrid ferries. It has two subsidiaries, Scandlines Danmark ApS and Scandlines Deutschland ...