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Guide Email    C ô aGerTRA     Ld Lines Norman Arrow will be the largest ever fast ferry to operate on the Western Channel Routes between England & France. Norman Arrow will provide a reduced crossing time, making it possible for passengers to visit Lehavre for a day excursion. Norman Arrow will operate daily departing Portsmouth at 0830hrs and departing Le havre at 1830 hrs. All types of vehicles will be carried including cars, caravans, motorhomes, motorcycles, coaches and foot passengers. Ld Lines conventional ferry Cote d'Albatre operates a year round service on the route with a night sailing from Portsmouth and day sailing from Lehavre. Ld Lines ferry route network also offers Newhaven - Dieppe, Dover - Boulogne and new Ramsgate - Ostend service.    Travel on the Ramsgate to Ostend ferry route with LDLines!!   LD Lines  has announced the launch of the largest ever fast ferry to operate on the cross channel routes between England and France, with the introduction of a brand new, high speed Incat 112 metre wave-piercing catamaran to its Dover - Bolougne service from 29 May 2009.   LD LINES HAS  CONFIRMED ITS ARRIVAL INTO THE DOVER STRAITS CHANNEL FERRY MARKET, FROM FEB 2009 BRINGING FORWARD IS NEW DOVER - BOLOUGNE SERVICE AND NEW ROUTE BETWEEN DOVER - DIEPPE. THE LD LINES DOVER - BOLOUGNE SERVICE IS RUNNING ALMOST 6 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BY LD LINES INTRODUCING A CONVENTIONAL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER FERRY TO ROUTE. OPERATING FROM EASTER DOCKS, IN THE PORT OF BOLOUGNE THE SHIP WILL UTILISE THE EXISITING BERTH PREVIOUSLY UTILISED BY FAST FERRY OPERATORS SPEED FERRIES. FROM THE 12TH FEB LD LINES WILL RUN TWO RETURN SAILINGS DAILY BETWEEN DOVER 0 BOLOUGNE WITH A CROSSING TIME OF 1 HOUR AND 45 MINS. THEY WILL RUN ONE ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP FROM DOVER - DIEPPE WITH A CORSSING TIME OF 4 Hrs 15 Mins   SAILING SCHEDULE: MONDAY - FRIDAY FROM DOVER: 0700           ARRIVE BOLOUGNE: 0945 FROM BOLOUGNE: 1045    ARRIVE DOVER : 1130 FROM DOVER: 1230            ARRIVE DOVER 1700 FROM DOVER: 1800            ARRIVE DIEPPE: 2315 FROM DIEPPE: 0030            ARRIVE DOVER: 0500   SATURDAY: FROM DIEPPE: 0030             ARRIVE DOVER: 0500 FROM DOVER: 0700              ARRIVE BOLOUGNE: 0945 FROM BOULOGNE: 1800      ARRIVE DOVER : 1845   SUNDAY: FROM DOVER: 0700             ARRIVE BOLOUGNE: 0945 FROM BOLOUGNE: 1615     ARRIVE DOVER: 1700 FROM DOVER: 1800            ARRIVE DIEPPE: 2315 FROM DIEPPE: 0200           ARRIVE DOVER 0500 NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!   The schedule from Dover - Dieppe will be 17.45 hours sailings Monday to Friday only. Deaprting Dieppe 1pm daily (getting into Dover at 16.15.) The route will operate with all vehicles types.  Presently there will be no foot passengers only access.   NORMAN SPIRIT The Norman Spirit is a rapid, up-to-date ferry. Fitted with stabilizers, it provides optimal comfort whatever the sailing conditions. You’ll find restaurants, cafeterias and a pub. There’s comfortable seating and a friendly and refined atmosphere in the lounges. You’ll also find kids’ areas, Internet access, private cabins and Shopping on board. With a real quality of service, the pleasure begins from the moment you board the ship. Length: 163,40 m Width: 27,60 m Dead weight tonnage: 3 832 tonnes Draught: 6,35 m Speed: 21 knots ( 39 km/h) Passengers: 1,850 Vehicles: 700 cars, 110 lorries     The Côte d'Albâtre Launched in 2006, the Côte d’Albâtre is a superb new ship operated by Transmanche Ferries, a sister company of LD Lines. It is capable of speeds of up to 22 knots (more than 40 km/h) and equipped with ultra-modern stabilizers and therefore offers optimum comfort whatever the sailing conditions. You’ll appreciate the many leisure areas – including a magnificent panoramic lounge – the elegant surroundings, the bar, restaurant, boutique and children’s play-areas, the quality of the cabins… Relax, enjoy yourself, for a few hours, you’re on a cruise.    The Seven Sisters Launched in 2006, the Seven Sisters is a superb new ship, capable of speeds of up to 22 knots (more than 40 km/h). It is equipped with ultra-modern stabilizers and therefore offers optimum comfort whatever the sailing conditions. You’ll appreciate the many leisure areas – including a magnificent panoramic lounge – the elegant surroundings, the bar, restaurant, boutique and children’s play-areas, the quality of the cabins… Relax, enjoy yourself, for a few hours, you’re on a cruise. The Seven Sisters is operated by Transmanche Ferries on the Newhaven / Dieppe service and by LD Lines on the Newhaven / Le Havre service.  our reGular rouTeS       ROUTE Portsmouth - Lehavre & Newhaven - Lehavre

LD LINES GRANTED PORT APPROVAL FOR NEW DOVER - BOLOGNE SERVICE IN 2009.

LD Lines has recieved full approval from the Port of Dover for the introduction of its new Dover - Boulogne freight and passenger service in 2009.

Scheduled to start from 1st July 009, the new service will provide four return sailings daily with a crossing time of one hour 45 mins and proposed sailing schedule of:

DEP Boulogne      ARR Dover       DEP Dover        ARR Boulogne

05.00                   05.45              06.45            09.30 not sunday

10.30                   11.15              12.15            15.00 not sunday

16.00                   16.45              17.45            20.30

21.30                   22.15              23.15            03.00

Freight and tourist traffic including coaches, cars and additionally foot passengers will be carried. The vessel "Norman Spirit" which currently operates on LD Lines Portsmouth - Lehavre service will be replaced on the Western channel and is then expected to be transferred to operate the new Dover - Boulogne route.  

The ship capacity for 1850 passenger, 700 cars and 110 freight vehicles.

"We are delighted to have now recieved confirmation from the Port of Dover that our new Dover - Boulogne route has offical approval and we look forward to a very positive , longterm working relationship with the Port Authority, " says LD Lines'Director General Christophe Santoni.

"Our entry into the higly competitive short sea cross channel ferry buisness is a major development for LD Lines. We are convinced the the service will undoubtedly  attract new freight and tourist customers, which will benefit both Dover and Boulogne as departure and destination ports".

In the first year of operation the company expects to carry in the region of 120,000 freight vehicles, 133,000 cars and 400,000 passengers.

Bob Goldfield, Chief Executive, Port of Dover said, " The port of Dover welcomes the addiotnal capacity at a time when it is planning a second ferry terminal to meet forecasts in traffic growth."

FARES AND RESERVATIONS INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN DUE COURSE.

Note:

LD Lines new service will operate to the newest French port terminal for passenger,cars and freight, as the first cross channel ferry compnay to inaugurate the POrt of Bolulogne's new Ro Ro terminal from 1st July 2009.

The construction of Boulogne's new RO RO terminal and the first linkspan began in the second half of 2008 and will be operation by 1st July 2009.

Portsmouth - Le Havre

Only 100 miles (less than 200 km) apart, Portsmouth and Le Havre are respectively one of the main British ports and the leading West-facing French port.
LD Lines' Norman Spirit - a fast, modern and comfortable ship - now provides a daily link between Portsmouth and Le Havre and offers incomparable advantages to both tourists and professionals.

 Norman Spirit

The Norman Spirit is a rapid, up-to-date ferry. Fitted with stabilizers, it provides optimal comfort whatever the sailing conditions.

You’ll find restaurants, cafeterias and a pub. There’s comfortable seating and a friendly and refined
atmosphere in the lounges. You’ll also find kids’ areas, Internet access, private cabins and Shopping on board. With a real quality of service, the pleasure begins from the moment you board the ship.

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