Transmanche Ferries to Newhaven and Dieppe
It was formed after the previous operator of this route, P&O Stena Line, decided to concentrate on that company's primary route of Dover - Calais. The last P&O Stena vessel on the route, the Stena Cambria, undertook her last sailing on 31 January 1998. No vessel replaced the Stena Cambria service until a high speed passenger service was instituted by Hoverspeed using SuperSeaCat Two in April 1999, however this service ended in 2004.
Despite the Hoverspeed passenger service, a conventional passenger-vehicle freight service was desired for the Dieppe - Newhaven route. |
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Compiled of 5 public bodies, including the towns of Dieppe and Fécamp as well as three Chambers of Commerce, Transmanche Ferries re-opened the route early in 2001 with the chartered Sardinia Vera.
About Transmanche Ferries
Transmanche Ferries was set up by the Syndicat Mixte de Promotion de l’Activité Transmanche, in order to preserve the Dieppe-Newhaven link. In 2007, in the context of a Delegation of Public Ownership Services agreement, the running of Transmanche Ferries was handed over to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs whose LD Lines company also operates cross channel services out of Le Havre and Boulogne.So Transmanche Ferries and LD Lines have now become sister companies. This arrangement not only ensures the continuing development of the Newhaven-Dieppe line but has also made it possible to increase the frequency of cross-channel sailings in the central section of the Western Channel.
Transmanche Ferries is part of the LD Lines passenger and freight ferry ship network and operate a ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe in France, up to 3 times daily.
In just four hours, Transmanche Ferries takes you from Newhaven, the UK port closest to London and a short distance from the famous seaside resort of Brighton, to Dieppe, ideally situated in Upper Normandy with fast connections to Paris and all parts of Northern France.
Transmanche Ferries all year ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe operates with two very comfortable and modern vessels, the Seven Sisters and the Côte d’Albâtre.
Transmanche Ferries operate the ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe and between Le Havre, Portsmouth and Portsmouth.
Transmanche Ferries run ferries from the English ferry port of Newhaven to the ferry port of Dieppe in France. Transmanche Ferries offers up to three crossings daily from Newhaven to Dieppe. Crossing time from Newhaven to Dieppe is only four hours.
In addition to the Newhaven / Dieppe ferry route transmanche ferries also operate regular ferry services between Le Havre, Portsmouth and Newhaven. LD Lines, the sister company of Transmanche Ferries have recently announced their new route between Ireland and France. The new service will begin in November 2008, connecting the port of Rosslare in Ireland with the port of LeHavre in France at economical prices.
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