LD Lines
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LD Lines are a French-owned shipping company. They are predominantly a freight operator, with both deep-sea and ferry operations, but also operate some passenger services. Their ferry routes are on the English Channel and Mediterranean Sea.
The company is a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group.
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[edit] English Channel operations
LD Lines' English Channel operations commenced in October 2005, operating between Portsmouth, England and Le Havre, France. This service was introduced following the withdrawal of P&O Ferries' longstanding operation on this route.
There is one sailing per day in each direction, with the Portsmouth-Le Havre sailing taking place overnight. This uses one vessel, the MS Norman Spirit, which is ironically a former P&O vessel (used on their Dover-Calais route until May 2005).
On 21 December 2006 LD Lines was awarded the contract to operate the Newhaven-Dieppe service, they will receive an annual subsidy of up to € 14.6 million. LD Lines are likely to take over the route (along with some of the Transanche ships and crew) from 1 April 2007.
[edit] Mediterranean Sea operations
LD Lines are partners in GLD Lines, which operates a passenger and freight ferry service between Toulon and Rome. They also operate ro-ro freight services between Marseille and Tunis, in addition to other routes serving ports including Algiers, Barcelona, Piraeus and Valencia.
There are also operations which specialise in the delivery of newly-manufactured cars.
