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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 ...
This list of passenger ship companies is of companies that own and operate passenger ships, including cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries (for passengers and automobiles). For the list of companies that own and operate freight ships ( bulk carriers , car carriers , container ships , roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers ...
P&O began ferry operations in Southampton in 1967 with a route to Le Havre in France in a joint venture with SAGA under the Normandy Ferries brand, later rebranded as P&O Ferries. The MV Dragon , owned by P&O, was registered in Southampton whereas her identical sister, MV Leopard , flew the French flag and was registered in Le Havre.
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
Ferries of the United Kingdom includes ferries (boats and ships) designed, built, or operated in the United Kingdom. For ferry routes to, from or within the United Kingdom, refer to Category:Ferry transport in the United Kingdom. For ferry companies based in the United Kingdom, see Category:Ferry companies of the United Kingdom
Seatruck Ferries: 1996 Heysham Dublin: Seatruck Ferries Liverpool Dublin P&O Ferries Seatruck Ferries: Birkenhead: Belfast Stena Line 2002 [6] Mostyn: Dublin P&O Irish Sea 2001 2004 Holyhead: Dublin Irish Ferries Stena Line (1995-present) 1848 [7] [better source needed] Holyhead Dún Laoghaire: Stena Line 1848 [8] 2014 Fishguard: Rosslare ...
P&O Stena Line operated the route until 1998 after which Hoverspeed operated the route until 2004. Because the French government did not want the route to be lost, they started a new subsidised company by the name of Transmanche Ferries in April 2001. After five years of successful service and the arrival of two newbuilds, the government ...
In September 2010, Brittany Ferries announced plans to serve the Portsmouth–Bilbao route recently abandoned by P&O Ferries. [3] The route started on 27 March 2011. On 21 September 2012, Brittany Ferries cancelled sailings indefinitely following two days of wildcat strikes caused by crew members who were unhappy with changes in working terms ...