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LD Lines
Former French passenger and freight shipping company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LD Lines was a French shipping company, with both roro freight and passenger ferry operations. It was a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), which engages in building, owning, operating, and managing vessels.[1] LD Lines operated ferry routes on the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Founded | 2005 |
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Defunct | 2014 |
Fate | Partly sold to DFDS Seaways and partly shut down |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | English Channel Bay of Biscay |
Key people | Pierre Gehanne, Chairman |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Parent | Louis Dreyfus Armateurs |
Divisions | New Channel Company A/S |
Website | www.ldlines.com |
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In 2013, part of LD Lines was spun off and merged with the English Channel operations of DFDS Seaways to form DFDS Seaways France. In September 2014, the Poole-Gijon/Santander route closed and the Norman Asturias was immediately laid up off the coast of Saint Nazaire. In mid-September 2014, the Saint Nazaire-Gijon route was suspended and the Norman Asturias was sent to Algeciras and the Norman Atlantic to Messina.