Category: Blast from the past
Blast from the Past: Norwave & Norwind
Norwind & Norwave, “grandmother and grandfather to today’s ferries”, especially for Timo Selkala. The early and mid-1960s saw a series of very notable, independently owned car ferries introduced on services…
Blast from the past: British Ferries’ Orient Express
The arrival yesterday off Piraeus of the Arberia (ex-Wasa Queen), newly acquired by Halkydon Shipping (see pictures from shipfriends here and here), marked a belated return to very familiar waters…
Blast from the past: Ramsgate 1980/1981
The car ferry port of Ramsgate first saw operation in 1980 when a new company, Dunkerque-Ramsgate Ferries, backed by the founder of Olau Line Ole Lauritzen, operated the former CGT/SNCM…
Blast from the Past: Thoresen Car Ferries, 1964
1964 saw the arrival on the Western English Channel of the Viking I and Viking II of newcomer Thoresen Car Ferries. British Railways had closed their loss-making services in advance,…
Blast from the Past: North Sea Ferries, 1985
First of a new series: ferry brochures & adverts from years gone by. This week it’s a NSF advert from 24 years ago – old livery & the pre-stretched Norland.
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