transportation fate bankrupt predecessor sally line founded 21 november 1998 defunct 25 april 2013 headquarters ostend belgium area served english channel parent transeuropa shipping lines d.o.o. website www.transeuropaferries.com transeuropa ferry oleander approaching ostend on 2 august 2005 . transeuropa ferry larkspur leaving ostend in 2006 transeuropa ferry eurovoyager leaving ostend in august 2005 ferry ostend spirit formerly pride of calais in the harbor of ostend december 2012 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 . 1 contents 1 history 2 crews 3 former fleet 4 references 4.1 notes 4.2 bibliography 5 external links history edit transeuropa shipping lines d.o.o. tsl of koper slovenia 2 started a ro ro freight ferry service between ramsgate and ostend on 21 november 1998 following the closure of sally line 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 . 3 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 . 4 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 1 crews edit habitually operated by eastern european crews often slovenian and croatian the service was personal as a result of the high crew to passenger ratio ; both the transport itself and the catering on board were considerably cheaper than on most other cross channel ferries . former fleet edit vessel in service status larkspur 1999 2013 laid up after tef bankruptcy gardenia 2002 2013 laid up after tef bankruptcy ostend spirit 2013 scrapped 2013 labrunum 1993 2003 scrapped 2011 wisteria 1995 2000 scrapped 2007 primrose 1998 2010 scrapped 2011 eurovoyager 1998 2010 scrapped 2012 roseanne 1999 2003 now strofades iv with m.c.c.l. oleander 2001 2010 now sherbatisky with acciona begonia 2002 2005 now via mare wisteria 2005 2006 now vronskiy with acciona ostende spirit 2010 2011 now calais seaways with dfds seaways references edit notes edit a b kent online ramsgate staff told to go home as transeuropa ferries plunged into administration 26 april 2013 . visited 3 may 2013 shiipingdata.com transeuropa shipping lines . retrieved 19 december 2012 . website transeuropa ferries history page offline as operations stopped on 18 4 2013 . retrieved 3 may 2013 . port of ostend news larkspur sets sail for her official maiden trip on the new passenger service oostende ramsgate . 20 july 2004 . retrieved 4 may 2009 . bibliography edit smith dean 2015 . the transeuropa years 1998 2013 . ramsey isle of man ferry publications . isbn 9781906608781 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to transeuropa . transeuropa ferries information and online booking site dead link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transeuropa ferries & oldid 744170519 categories ferry companies of englandferry companies of belgiumconnections across the english channeltranseuropa ferrieshidden categories use british english from april 2013use dmy dates from december 2012commons category without a link on wikidata 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 nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 15 04 . 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