Norfolkline

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Norfolkline (previously Norfolk Lijn and Norfolk Line) is a ro-ro ferry and container ship operator based in the Netherlands. The company is a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.

[edit] History

1961 - Founded as Norfolk Lijn N.V.
1973 - Original owner Remeeus sells Norfolk Lijn to Unilever.
1974 - Renamed Norfolk Line.
1985 - The Maersk Company Ltd, subsidiary of A.P. Møller acquires Norfolk Line.
1995 - Norfolk Line merges with rail transport specialist Skandi.
1997 - Rotterdam (Holland) to Waterford (Ireland) container route opened.
1998 - Current Norfolkline name adopted.
2000 - New Dover (UK) to Dunkerque (France) ferry route started.;
2005 - Acquires Norse Merchant Ferries, a ro-ro ferry operator on Irish Sea routes
2006 - Building a new RORO terminal in Vlaardingen (Rotterdam).