into dfds seaways founded 1961 defunct 2010 headquarters scheveningen the netherlands netherlands area served irish sea english channel north sea key people thomas woldbye md & ceo services passenger transportation freight transportation revenue 1 billion eur 2007 number of employees 2 200 2008 website http www.dfdsseaways.co.uk norfolkline ro pax ferry m s maersk delft built 2006 . norfolkline container being hauled by a sub contractor s lorry . norfolkline was a european ferry operator and logistics company owned by maersk . it provided freight ferry services on the english channel irish sea and the north sea ; and passenger ferry services on the english channel and irish sea ; and logistics services across europe . norfolkline employed more than 2 200 employees in 13 countries across europe operating out of 35 different locations . norfolkline operated 18 vessels and over 550 refrigerated trailers including 200 with dual compartment units 1 750 dry cargo trailers and 1 150 swap body trailers for intermodal freight transport . in 2006 more than 1.5 million passengers used norfolkline s ferry services across the english channel between dover and dunkirk and on the irish sea between liverpool and belfast & liverpool and dublin and over 1.2 million freight movements were completed . in july 2010 dfds acquired norfolkline ; the norfolkline routes and vessels were integrated into dfds seaways . 1 contents 1 history 2 norfolkline business 2.1 logistics division 2.2 ferry division 3 social and environmental responsibility 4 awards and recognitions 5 list of norfolkline vessels 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1961 when dutch entrepreneur mr. remeeus founded norfolk lijn n.v. the first appearance of the company in the ferry business was made possible when the roll on roll off vessel duke of holland was acquired in 1969 . mr. remeeus sold norfolk lijn n.v. to unilever in 1973 and the company was renamed norfolk line in 1974 . the company operated out of great yarmouth with duke of holland and duke of norfolk . the maersk company ltd subsidiary of a.p. m ller acquired norfolk line in 1985 . the nineties started with the merger of norfolk line with rail transport specialist skandi in 1995 introducing rail freight services to the company followed by 4 new vessels that were added to the norfolk line fleet 1996 and the opening of a container route between rotterdam holland to waterford ireland in 1997 . the year after that the company was renamed norfolkline and the refrigerated transport business was launched in belfast . a second refrigerated transport location was launched in 1999 in larkhall . in the new millennium the ferry division expanded with the start of a ferry route from dover uk to dunkirk france in 2000 . five years later norfolkline acquired norse merchant ferries a roll on roll off ferry operator on irish sea routes . in 2006 a new roll on roll off terminal in vlaardingen was opened launching a new route between vlaardingen and felixstowe north killingholme haven uk norfolkline business edit norfolkline s business was split in two divisions a logistics division and a ferry division . logistics division edit the logistics division was focused on tailor made solutions through different industries . norfolkline operated logistics services providing refrigerated transportation of goods by road rail and sea from locations across europe with routes from to belgium denmark the united kingdom finland france germany ireland italy norway sweden switzerland and the netherlands . ferry division edit norfolkline operated passenger and freight ferry services on the english channel the irish sea and the north sea . norfolkline s north sea services carried freight only whereas all other routes carried both lorry freight and private vehicles . norfolkline also carried foot passengers on some of their north sea services . norfolkline s ferry routes were as follows birkenhead dublin dover dunkirk dublin heysham freight only esbjerg harwich freight only esbjerg immingham freight only felixstowe vlaardingen freight only gothenburg immingham freight only immingham vlaardingen freight only rosyth zeebrugge freight only social and environmental responsibility edit staff of norfolkline larkhall raised money for cash for kids 2 a scottish charity . . citation needed the company sponsored the liverpool irish festival 2008 . 3 norfolkline irish sea has provided financial support for action renewables . 4 norfolkline reduced their carbon footprint by investing in environmental friendly resources such as their recent investment of refrigerated trailers which are 92 % recyclable . 5 awards and recognitions edit 2008 best ferry company by readers of guardian . 6 2007 highly recommended in best ferry company category of the 2007 telegraph travel awards . 7 2006 winner nbcc trophy netherlands british chamber of commerce anglo dutch award for enterprise . 8 2004 voted best european crossing operator by readers of the daily telegraph and sunday telegraph . 9 2004 voted leading cross channel operator by readers of the guardian and the observer . 10 list of norfolkline vessels edit maersk dunkerque maersk delft maersk dover maersk flanders maersk anglia maersk importer maersk exporter maas viking lagan viking mersey viking dublin viking liverpool viking saga moon east express maersk vlaardingen maersk voyager rr arrow rr shield merchant brilliant scottish viking references edit http www.aferry.co.uk news dfds seaways acquires norfolkline 19519871.htm thanks to you strip for scotland raised a whopping 82 500 . cash for kids 2008 . archived from the original on 2008 06 13 . retrieved 2008 07 24 . principal sponsor . the liverpool irish festival . archived from the original on 2008 04 18 . retrieved 2008 07 24 . norfolkline gets onboard with renewable energy pdf . action renewables . retrieved 2008 07 24 . 92pc recyclable trailers . logisticsmanager.com . retrieved 2008 11 18 . guardian travel awards 2008 . london vikiphile . 2008 10 12 . retrieved 2008 10 13 . norfolkline receives top recognition at the telegraph travel awards 2007 . norfolkline . archived from the original on may 30 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 24 . xxv presentation . anglo dutch awards for enterprise . retrieved 2008 07 24 . our track record . pharos . retrieved 2008 07 24 . norfolkline ferry book a norfolkline ferry with any ferries.co.uk . any ferries.co.uk . retrieved 2008 07 24 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to norfolkline . dfds passenger ferry website norfolkline passenger ferry website norfolkline freight ferry website norfolkline logistics website sister ships maersk vlaardingen and voyager v t e current ferry operators of scotland international dfds seaways kintyre express p & o ferries stena line domestic argyll ferries caledonian macbrayne clydelink cromarty ferry company inchmurrin island isle of skye ferry company northlink ferries orkney ferries pentland ferries sic ferries steamship sir walter scott trust western ferries v t e dfds current operations dfds seaways dfds logistics polferries joint venture former operations dfds tor line dfds lisco dfds lys line dfds container line dfds suardiaz line norfolkline routes operated rosyth zeebrugge retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norfolkline & oldid 738121778 categories multinational companies headquartered in the netherlandscompanies established in 1961shipping companies of the netherlandsferry companies of the netherlandsdfdshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2010commons category with local link different than 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 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