TransEuropa Ferries was a freight and passenger

ferry 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 ...

company operating between

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in eastern Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2021 it had a population of 42,027. Ramsgate' ...

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, UK and

Ostend Ostend ( ; ; ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the la ...

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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

and

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 TransEuropa started a car and passenger ferry service from Ostend to Ramsgate to supplement their existing freight service. Foot passengers were not catered for on this crossing, which typically took four to five hours. Between 2010 and 2011 TransEuropa Ferries operated a joint service on the route with LD Lines. The company operated via a direct sales channel, declining to sell through travel agents. On 18 April 2013 the company stopped sailing and on 25 April is filed for bankruptcy

Former Fleet

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*{{cite book, last1=Smith, first1=Dean, title=The TransEuropa Years: 1998–2013, date=2015, publisher=Ferry Publications, location=Ramsey, Isle of Man, isbn=9781906608781 Ferry companies of England Ferry companies of Belgium Connections across the English Channel