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Transeuropa Ferries
TransEuropa Ferries was a freight and passenger ferry company operating between Ramsgate, Kent, UK and Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium from 1998 to 2013, with three or more ships. The company suspended operations on 18 April 2013, and on 25 April 2013 the line filed to initiate bankruptcy procedures. History TransEuropa Shipping Lines d.o.o. (TSL) of Koper, Slovenia started a ro-ro freight ferry service between Ramsgate and Ostend on 21 November 1998 following the closure of Sally Line Sally Line UK (sometimes referred to as Sally Ferries UK) was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea. History Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and ...'s services and the purchase of assets of Regie voor Maritiem Transport from the Belgian government. TSL's Belgian subsidiary TransEuropa Ferries NV was founded on 1 June 2001 to take over the cross-channel operation. On 20 July 2004 TransEu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Line
Sally Line UK (sometimes referred to as Sally Ferries UK) was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea. History Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of Viking Line, a Baltic Sea ferry consortium of which Sally was a member. The naming scheme of Sally's Viking Line ships was also carried over to the UK operations, with ships named either ''The Viking'' or ''Viking umber Umber is a natural earth pigment consisting of iron oxide and manganese oxide; it has a brownish color that can vary among shades of yellow, red, and green. Umber is considered one of the oldest pigments known to humans, first used in the Ajant ...'. In 1987 Rederi Ab Sally, including the Sally Line UK operations, was sold to Effoa and Johnson Line, Sally's Baltic Sea rivals and owners of Silja Line. As a result of the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Star Fighter (2014)
MV ''Star Fighter'' was a freight ferry that was previously operated by TransEuropa Ferries but was laid up in April 2013 after TEF went bankrupt. She was later sold and renamed ''Ardenia''. In 2014 she was registered to Kosilio Shipping of Limassol, Cyprus and was renamed ''Star Fighter'' along with her former fleet mate ''Larks'', which was renamed ''Lucky Star''. She then departed Piraeus for Limassol in early November where she was laid up following her name change. She was scrapped at Alang, India, in December 2016. History The ship was launched for Townsend Thoresen as the ''European Enterprise'' in 1977. Townsend Thoresen was absorbed by P&O European Ferries in 1987 and the same year the vessel was renamed ''European Endeavour'' by the new owners. In 1996 P&O European Ferries transferred ''European Endeavour'' to P&O European Ferries' Irish Sea operation. ''European Endeavour'' was sold to Transeuropa Ferries in July 2002 while laid-up at Dunkirk and was renamed ''Gardenia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry Companies Of Belgium
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Baltic Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work and such a ferry, modified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Isle Of Innisfree (2021)
MS ''Isle of Innisfree'' is a passenger and Roll-on/roll-off, car ferry operated by Irish Ferries between Rosslare Europort, Rosslare and Pembroke Dock. Originally built at Boelwerf as the ''Prins Filip'' originally sailing between Port of Dover, Dover and Ostend, later between Ostend and Port of Ramsgate, Ramsgate, she has since 1997 operated for a variety of companies. Design The ''Isle of Innisfree'' is the only one of her class. She was ordered by the Belgian state-owned Regie voor Maritiem Transport in response to the anticipated opening of the Channel Tunnel. She was launched as the ''Prins Filip'' in 1991 for the company's Ostend-Dover operations.The many lives of Innisfree ''Ships Monthly'' February 2024 pages 20-25 The ship is long by wide with a draught, and has some 1,745 lane metres of cargo space for cars, lorries and other vehicles, with three decks accessible to passengers. Uniquely, the ship had a bow door on the starboard (right) for the upper vehicle deck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
