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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 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.
In 2008, BC Ferries launched the first of the Coastal-class ferries, which at the time were the world's largest double enders. These were surpassed as the world's largest double-enders when P&O Ferries launched their first double-ender, called the P&O Pioneer, which entered service in June 2023 replacing Pride of Kent. [40]
Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to the Channel Islands from Weymouth in 1993 using the 74m Incat catamaran Condor 10.In the winter of 1993/1994, one of Condor's parent companies; Commodore Shipping, took over British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) which operated conventional ferry services to the Channel Islands from Poole.
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.
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 ...
MS Spirit of France is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries on the Dover–Calais route. She is the second of two Spirit-class ships built for P&O Ferries, the other being Spirit of Britain (now known as Oscar Wilde) The vessels are the largest ferries constructed for the Dover/Calais route and the largest ferries to ever cross the English Channel.