Transeuropa Ferries

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]

Transeuropa Ferries
IndustryFreight and passenger transportation
PredecessorSally Line
Founded21 November 1998
Defunct25 April 2013
FateBankrupt
HeadquartersOstend, Belgium
Area served
English Channel
ParentTranseuropa Shipping Lines d.o.o.
Websitewww.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

History

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]

Former Fleet

VesselIn ServiceStatus
Larkspur1999–2013Laid up after TEF Bankruptcy, scrapped in 2016.
Gardenia2002–2013Laid up after TEF Bankruptcy, scrapped in 2016.
Ostend Spirit2013Scrapped in 2013.
Laburnum1993–2003Scrapped in 2011.
Wisteria1995–2000Scrapped in 2007.
Primrose1998–2010Scrapped in 2011.
Eurovoyager1998–2010Scrapped in 2012.
Roseanne1999–2003Became Strofades IV with m.c.c.l.; scrapped 2011 after a kidnapping incident.
Oleander2001–2010Became Sherbatskiy with Acciona, scrapped 2015.
Begonia2002–2005Now Via Mare.
Wisteria2005–2006Became Vronskiy with Acciona. Scrapped in 2021.
Ostende Spirit2010–2011Now Isle of Innisfree for Irish Ferries Calais.

References

Bibliography

  • Smith, Dean (2015). The TransEuropa Years: 1998–2013. Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications. ISBN 9781906608781.
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