Norfolkline ro-pax ferry M/S Maersk Delft, built 2006.Norfolkline container being hauled by a sub-contractor's lorry.
Norfolkline was a European ferry operator and logistics company owned by Maersk. It provided freight ferry services on the English Channel, Irish Sea, and the North Sea; and passenger ferry services on the English Channel and Irish Sea; and logistics services across Europe. Norfolkline employed more than 2,200 employees in 13 countries across Europe, operating out of 35 different locations.
Norfolkline operated 18 vessels and over 550 refrigerated trailers (including 200 with dual compartment units), 1,750 dry-cargo trailers, and 1,150 swap-body trailers for intermodal freight transport. In 2006 more than 1.5 million passengers used Norfolkline's ferry services across the English Channel between Dover and Dunkirk and on the Irish Sea (between Liverpool and Belfast & Liverpool and Dublin) and over 1.2 million freight movements were completed.
In July 2010, DFDS acquired Norfolkline; The Norfolkline routes and vessels were integrated into DFDS Seaways.[1]
^"DFDS Seaways acquires Norfolkline | Ferry News". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
Norfolkline was a European ferry operator and logistics company owned by Maersk. It provided freight ferry services on the English Channel, Irish Sea...
2006, the acquisition of Norfolkline Containers by DFDS A/S was completed [citation needed]. Established in August 1997 Norfolkline Containers was set up...
Merchant instead was chartered to Norfolkline for their Dover-Dunkerque service. Through her time with Norfolkline, she gradually gained several modifications...
Greek TV. Retrieved 2019-05-29. "Norfolkline Will Continue Rosyth-Zeebrugge Service in Spring 2009". www.norfolkline.com. Archived from the original on...
eastern entrance where she had anchored. In July 2010 Norfolkline was acquired by DFDS. The Norfolkline ships and routes were re-branded as DFDS Seaways....
freight services across northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions (DFDS Tor Line...
Kingdom and Dunkirk, France. She was delivered to Norfolkline in 2005 as Maersk Dunkerque. Norfolkline, a subsidiary of the Danish shipping company Maersk...
the Norse Merchant Group was acquired by Maersk and integrated into Norfolkline Norse Merchant Ferries operated the following routes across the Irish...
entered service in 2009 on route from Zeebrügge to Rosyth operated by Norfolkline. In 2010 sold to DFDS Seaways and since 2011 on route Ventspils - Nynäshamn...
recommenced in May 2009 under new operator Norfolkline. They ran three sailings a week in each direction. Norfolkline was taken over by DFDS Seaways, who subsequently...
Dover to Dunkirk ferry route was originally operated by ferry operator Norfolkline. This company was later acquired by the pan European operator DFDS Seaways...
25 October 1981 (1981-10-25) Defunct 7 November 2005 (2005-11-07) Fate Dissolved into Norfolkline Headquarters Dover, England Area served English Channel Key people Geoffrey...
MS Blue Carrier 1 is a ro-ro ferry built in 2000 for Norfolkline BV and now operates in the Aegean Sea for Blue Star Ferries. The vessel was built at...
for Norfolkline and was operated as Maersk Dover from 2006 to 2010 between Dover and Dunkerque. In July 2010, DFDS Seaways purchased Norfolkline from...
few months later, Norse Merchant Ferries was acquired by Norfolkline. In July 2010, Norfolkline was acquired by DFDS. The vessel was renamed Lagan Seaways...
Merchant Group was acquired by Maersk and integrated into Norfolkline. In July 2010 Norfolkline was acquired by DFDS. The vessel was renamed Liverpool Seaways...
served by the following, all now defunct: MyFerryLink LD Lines SeaFrance Norfolkline Stena Line P&O Stena Line Townsend Thoresen Normandy Ferries Sealink...
October 2008 she was sold to Seatruck Ferries, remaining on charter to Norfolkline. In December 2009, she was chartered to NorthLink Ferries as a replacement...
as the Maersk Exporter for Norfolkline. In 2010, she was renamed as the Scotia Seaways when DFDS Seaways acquired Norfolkline and took over all of its operations...
Scandinavian banks Danske Bank and Nordea. 29 June 2005: A.P. Møller subsidiary Norfolkline acquires the Irish sea ferry operator Norse Merchant Ferries with 9 ships...
discontinued on 13 September. The service will be restarted in Spring 2009 by Norfolkline. On 12 March 2009, the Superfast XII began service on newly-established...
service between Liverpool and Belfast, however, the ship was chartered to Norfolkline for their new service between Dover and Dunkirk and remained on that...
Turkey. In 1999 she was chartered to Norse Merchant Ferries and the Norfolkline in 2002. In 2005 she transferred back to Norse Merchant Ferries and was...
Victory Carriers Montenegro Lines >> Barska plovidba Holland America Line Norfolkline (DFDS A/S, Denmark) Defunct Netherland Line >> Stoomvaart Maatschappij...
2010 DFDS acquired Norfolkline from Maersk. Following restructuring, the operations of DFDS Tor Line, DFDS Lisco and Norfolkline were integrated into...
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