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.
Freight operations
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).
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.
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