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European Ferries Group plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was taken over by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and renamed P&O European Ferries in 1987.
The European Union, which supported the project, aims to roll out 100 or more of these ferries by 2030. [ 74 ] A special feature is the Danish Udbyhøj cable ferry in Randers Fjord which has a land-based power supply by means of a retractable submarine cable.
NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland) Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) 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)
Following a consultation with the Competition Commission beginning 28 November 1996, [2] P&O European Ferries split into three separate subsidiaries: P&O Portsmouth, P&O North Sea and the creation of a joint venture between P&O and the Swedish ferry company Stena Line's UK subsidiary Stena Line (UK) Ltd to create P&O Stena Line in Dover.
The largest ferries of Europe Ship Length GT Passengers Speed Built Builder Company Registry Normal route(s) Notes Color Magic: 223.70 m (733.9 ft) 75,156 2,812 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) 2007 Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard / Rauma shipyard, Finland: Color Line Norway: Oslo - Kiel Largest ferry in the world in terms of gross tonnage. Color Fantasy
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.
European Highlander: 2002 21,188 410 Cairnryan-Larne In Service 9215505 European Ambassador: 2000 2004 24,206 405 Liverpool-Dublin Mostyn-Dublin Cherbourg-Dublin Sold to Stena Line: 9208629 Pride of Hull: 2001 59,925 1,360 Hull-Rotterdam In Service 9208617 Pride of Rotterdam: 2001 59,925 1,360 Hull-Rotterdam In Service 9208394 European Causeway ...
Originally built as European Highway in 1991 and was a sister ship to Pride of Canterbury, and European Seaway. Originally servicing Zeebrugge , like Pride of Canterbury , she was converted in 2003 before re-entering service on the Dover – Calais route as Pride of Kent .