Dart Line was a British ferry operator operating from the

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near

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

. The company had several vessels named ''Dart'': *, operated 1997–2002 *, operated 1996–2005 *, launched 1985, used on the Dartford–

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, Dartford–

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and Dartford–

Dunkirk Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

–

line in 1999 *, operated 1999–2006 *, operated 1999–2006 They also operated other ships: *, launched 1991, operated Dartford–Vlissingen in 2003 Dart Line was owned by Jacobs Holdings, who in 2000 announced a move of the freight and ferry services at Thames Europort, Dartford, to Shell Haven in Essex. In 2006 the parent company

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sold Dart Line to Cobelfret.

External links

Dart Line at the Ferry Site

References

{{reflist Ferry companies of England Former River Thames ferries

See also

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