MS ''Norstream'' is a cargo

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

owned by the Bore Ltd subsidiary company Bore Sky and operated by

P&O Ferries P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferry, ferries from United Kingdom to Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O ...

with sister ship on the Tilbury–Zeebrugge route.

History

''Norstream'' was built in 1999 for Bore Ltd for time-charter to the now defunct P&O North Sea Ferries which has since been incorporated into

. As a ro-ro freight ferry she does not carry tourist passengers but does have capacity for 12 freight drivers which are accommodated in six two berth cabins. She is powered by two Wärtsilä-NSD marine diesel engines and carries a crew of 14. Since entering service during 1999, ''Norstream'' and sister ship ''Norsky'' have operated mainly on the up to twice daily freight service between Tilbury and Zeebrugge. ''Norstream'' and her sister-ship have capacity for up to 2,630 lane meters of freight across three decks. Her main deck has a clear height of and can accommodate double-stacked containers, while her tank top and weather deck have a clear height of five metres. On the weather deck this restriction is imposed by the height above the internal ramp from the main deck as well as the amount of clearance under the accommodation module, though the vessel is equipped with a shore ramp on the weather deck as well as the main deck ramp which she normally loads with. ''Norstream'' was built as a stern only loading vessel which means she has to back on to her berth at all ports. When docked in Zeebrugge she was (till December 2020) docked next to one of her P&O fleet-mates, or '' Pride of York''. File:Tilbury Ferry Dock, Tilbury, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 26764.jpg, The Tilbury dock where ''Norstream'' docks

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