Holland Norway Lines

Holland Norway Lines is a Dutch ferry company which started operating a passenger and car ferry service between Eemshaven, The Netherlands and Kristiansand, Norway three times a week on 7 April 2022.[1][2][3]

Holland Norway Lines
IndustryFerry industry
Cruiseferries
Founded2020
Headquarters
The Netherlands
Websitehollandnorwaylines.com

The company chartered the cruise ferry MS Romantika from the Estonian company Tallink Grupp for an initial period of three years. The ship has a maximum capacity of 1500 passengers and 350 cars. The crossing takes about 18 hours.

The Company is founded by Bart Cunnen, and Patrick America.[4] In the same interview, it is also stated that by 2027 the company aims to operate emissions-free ships.

Cancelled Sailings

Early 2023 the ferry from Eemshaven to Kristiansand Holland Norway Lines faced several cancellations because the ship MS Romantika was unable to moor in Eemshaven on several occasions.

The problem was caused by the fact that since October Holland Norway Lines no longer had priority to moor at the so-called heavy quay in Eemshaven.

Move from Eemshaven

On the 23rd of March 2023 Holland Norway Lines announced in a press release that from April 17th to May 31st, they would use Cuxhaven as their temporary departure port, and from the 1st June, Emden would be their new permanent port of departure. [5]

Fleet

Current fleet
ShipTypeBuiltEntered
service		RouteTonnageFlag
MS RomantikaCruiseferry20022022Eemshaven–Kristiansand40,803 GT The Netherlands
1 May be specified in gross tonnage (GT) or gross register tons (GRT).

References
  1. The Local. New ferry route to connect Norway and Netherlands from 2022.
  2. CruiseMapper. Holland Norway Lines to launch new ferry service Netherlands-Norway from April 2022.
  3. DutchNews.nl. New shipping firm plans Eemshaven to Norway ferry service.
  4. FreeShippingNews.com Interview with CEO Bart Cunnen from April 2022.
  5. https://hollandnorwaylines.com/news/


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