MS Côte D'Albâtre

MS ''Côte d' Albatre'' is a

RO-RO Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

passenger ferry currently operated by DFDS Seaways France between Newhaven in the UK and

Dieppe Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...

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and was originally built in 2006 for

Transmanche Ferries Transmanche Ferries is a brand name for the ships on the Newhaven - Dieppe route across the English Channel. The ferry route is operated by DFDS Seaways. History Transmanche Ferries was formed after the previous operator of this route, P&O S ...

which was then dissolved into

LD Lines LD Lines was a French shipping company, with both roro freight and passenger ferry operations. It was a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), which engages in building, owning, operating, and managing vessels. LD Lines operated fer ...

which then merged their channel interests with

DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions ( DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) ...

to form DFDS Seaways France, ''Cote D'Albatre'' has one sister ship which is the MS ''Seven Sisters'' which has previously operated between

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in the UK and

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

in France but joined ''Cote D'Albatre'' in Dieppe in 2015. She is also identical to several ships operated by Balearia in

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and by Navairas ARMAS, also in Spain. Ferries of France 2005 ships {{Ferry-stub