private fate acquired by norfolkline 2005 founded 2001 headquarters liverpool uk key people derek sloan ceo phillip shepherd md products ferries passenger transportation freight transportation number of employees 450 parent cenargo international ltd 2002 2003 norse merchant group ltd 2003 2006 website http www.norsemerchant.com mersey viking in belfast mersey viking in norse merchant livery norse merchant ferries was an irish sea ferry company that operating passenger and freight roro services between england the republic of ireland and northern ireland . contents 1 history 2 routes 3 fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit norse merchant ferries was created in october 1999 when cenargo the owners of merchant ferries purchased norse irish ferries . the companies operated separately until february 2001 when norse merchant ferries was officially launched . in january 2003 cenargo filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the united states bankruptcy code . 1 the shipping subsidiaries of cenargo emerged from administration in december 2003 as norse merchant group . in november 2005 the norse merchant group was acquired by maersk 2 and integrated into norfolkline routes edit norse merchant ferries operated the following routes across the irish sea liverpool canada dock dublin liverpool brocklebank dock belfast heysham dublin freight only heysham belfast freight only note the liverpool services where transferred to birkenhead twelve quays in 2002 fleet edit merchant venture lindarosa norse mersey dawn merchant brave merchant merchant bravery merchant brilliant rr arrow rr shield saga moon river lune liverpool viking dublin viking lagan viking mersey viking references edit comity in the cenargo international case rationalising a us chapter 11 for a uk company news publications weil gotshal & manges . weil.com . retrieved 2010 02 11 . norfolkline corporate information our history . about.norfolkline.com . retrieved 2010 02 11 . external links edit norfolkline retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norse merchant ferries & oldid 647080412 categories defunct shipping companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 10 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view