North Sea Ferries

North Sea Ferries

Norsky departing from Ipswich, 1993
Genre	Ferry company
Founded	1965
Defunct	1996
Fate	Merged with P&O North Sea Ferries
Successor	P&O Ferries
Headquarters	Kingston upon Hull , England
Area served	Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rotterdam, Hull, Zeebrugge
Services	Passenger transportation, freight transportation
Parent	P&O and Nedlloyd

North Sea Ferries was a ferry company which was jointly owned by P&O and Nedlloyd. ^[1] It operated from 1965 until 1996, when it was merged into P&O Operations (P&O North Sea Ferries), ^[2] it had routes from Hull to Rotterdam (Europort) and Zeebrugge. P&O North Sea Ferries was then merged with P&O Ferries in 2003. ^[3] In 1987, the Princess Margaret Ferry Terminal was built under the operation of North Sea Ferries. The building is now under the ownership of Associated British Ports and is operated by P&O Ferries.

Fleet

Ship	Service	Status
MS Norwind	1965–1987	Sold to Ventouris; scrapped in 1993 after sinking.
MS Norwave	1965–1987	Sold to Ventouris; scrapped in 1988 after explosion during rebuild.
MV Norland	1974–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries, then later sold to SNAV. Scrapped in 2010.
MV Norstar	1974–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries, then later sold to SNAV. Scrapped in 2010.
MV Norsky	1979–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries. Scrapped in 2012.
MV Norsun	1987–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries
MV Norsea	1987–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries
MV Norcape	1988–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries
MV Norbank	1993–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries
MV Norbay	1994–1996	Transferred to P&O Ferries

References

1. Widdowes, Nick (1992). Car Ferries of the British Isls 1992/93. Kilgetty: Ferry Publications. pp. 22–23. ISBN   1-871947-12X.
2. Smith, Peter C. (2012). Offshore ferry services of England and Scotland. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 198. ISBN   978-1-84884-665-4.
3. Mark, Dave (16 October 2002). "North Sea Ferries name and jobs go". The Yorkshire Post . Retrieved 23 April 2018.

External links

• North Sea Ferries (fleet postcards)