Holland Norway Lines

Holland Norway Lines was a Dutch ferry company which operated a passenger and car ferry service between Emden, Germany and Kristiansand, Norway three times a week.

Holland Norway Lines
IndustryFerry industry
Cruiseferries
Founded2020
Headquarters
The Netherlands
Websitehollandnorwaylines.com

The company chartered the cruise ferry MS Romantika 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.[1] The company aimed to operate emissions-free ships by 2027.[1]

On 30 August 2023, the company announced that it would suspend operations due to financial problems,[2] and on 2 September 2023 it filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.[3]

Start of operations

On 7 April 2022 the route between Eemshaven (The Netherlands) and Kristiansand started to operate.[4][5][6]

Move to Emden

In early 2023 the service from Eemshaven to Kristiansand faced several cancellations because the Romantika was unable to moor in Eemshaven on several occasions. The problem was caused by the fact that since October Holland Norway Lines no longer had priority to moor 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 as their temporary departure port.[7] From 1 June 2023 Emden became the new permanent port of departure.[8]

Fleet

Current fleet

Holland Norway lines did not have its own ships, but leased a ship from the Estonian ferry company Tallink.

ShipTypeBuiltEntered
service		RouteTonnageFlag
MS RomantikaCruiseferry2002 2022Eemshaven–Kristiansand 40,803 GT The Netherlands
2023Emden–Kristiansand
1 May be specified in gross tonnage (GT) or gross register tons (GRT).

References
  1. "Holland Norway Lines, ambitious newcomer on the ferry scene". Ferry Shipping News. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. https://nltimes.nl/2023/08/30/holland-norway-lines-suspends-operations-due-financial-troubles
  3. "Holland Norway Lines konkurs i Nederland". NRK. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. The Local. New ferry route to connect Norway and Netherlands from 2022.
  5. CruiseMapper. Holland Norway Lines to launch new ferry service Netherlands-Norway from April 2022.
  6. DutchNews.nl. New shipping firm plans Eemshaven to Norway ferry service.
  7. https://hollandnorwaylines.com/news/
  8. Faehren.net. Holland Norway Lines ferry from Emden to Norway launched. Retrieved 5 June 2023.


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