Holland Norway Lines was a Dutch ferry company which operated a passenger and car ferry service between

Emden Emden () is an Independent city (Germany), independent town and seaport in Lower Saxony in the north-west of Germany and lies on the River Ems (river), Ems, close to the Germany–Netherlands border, Netherlands border. It is the main town in t ...

, Germany and

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

, Norway three times a week. The company chartered the cruise ferry from the Estonian Tallink Grupp for an initial period of three years. The ship has a maximum capacity of 2500 passengers and 350 cars. The crossing took about 18 hours. The company was founded by Bart Cunnen, and Patrick America. The company aimed to operate emissions-free ships by 2027. On 30 August 2023, the company announced that it would suspend operations due to financial problems, and on 2 September 2023 it filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.

Operations

On 7 April 2022, services started between

Eemshaven Eemshaven (; ) is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary (Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the region was the constr ...

, Netherlands and Kristiansand. In early 2023 the service from Eemshaven to Kristiansand faced several cancellations because the ''Romantika'' was unable to dock in Eemshaven on several occasions. The problem was caused by the fact that since October, Holland Norway Lines no longer had priority to dock at the so-called heavy quay in Eemshaven. On 23 March 2023, Holland Norway Lines announced in a press release that from 17 April to 31 May they would use

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a footprint o ...

as their temporary departure port. From 1 June 2023

became the new permanent port of departure.Faehren.net. ''Holland Norway Lines ferry from Emden to Norway launched.''
Retrieved 5 June 2023.

References

External links

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} Defunct shipping companies Ferry companies of the Netherlands 2020 establishments in the Netherlands 2023 disestablishments in the Netherlands