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Tor Line
DFDS Tor Line
Page 2B - Freight Ferries 1999-
This page is still under construction!
This page is devoted to postcards of the freight ferries of Tor Line, later DFDS Tor Line.
An alphabetical list of ships
covered on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on the individual ships. Below the table are official
postcards of the fleet
in date order.
Tor Line was founded by
T
rans
O
il and
R
ex Shipping (hence
Tor
) to instigate a modern passenger, car and freight service across the North Sea from Sweden to the UK and Holland. The established operators in this area were the
ELS
consortium (ELS =
E
llerman's Wilson Line, Swedish
L
loyd and Stockholms Rederi "Svea"), who were initiating vehicle ferry services at the same time, with the ships
Spero
,
Svea
and
Saga
. Although new, these ships were very traditional in concept, and did not have full-height, through freight decks as designed. In contrast, the two new Tor ships
Tor Anglia
and
Tor Hollandia
followed the latest Scandinavian trends, with bright colours, full-height vehicle decks and high speeds (22 knots). The marketing was aimed a new, younger clientele, and the reduced crossing times appealed to freight customers. The Tor service followed a triangular route pattern serving Immingham in the UK, Amsterdam in Holland, and Göteborg in Sweden. Additional freight-only services with dedicated ro-ro ferries were also soon introduced (although not covered on this page). Competition was fierce, and the three ELS members each dropped out of passenger services in turn, Swedish Lloyd's Tilbury-Göteborg service being the last closure in 1977, following the arrival of the much larger, and even faster,
Tor Britannia
and
Tor Scandinavia
, and transfer of the UK terminal to Felixstowe in 1976. The control of Tor Line passed to the Salens group in the late 1970s.
Despite the successes in winning traffic, the levels of competition kept profits low. Tor Line entered into a partnership in 1980 with Sessan Line, who also sailed out of Göteborg, in competition with Stena Line. This partnership was short-lived since Stena Line acquired Sessan. On freight services, there was a brief partnership with former rivals Swedish Lloyd to form Tor Lloyd. Negotiations began to sell one of the large passenger ships to
DFDS Seaways
, but instead DFDS acquired the complete Tor Line passenger operation in 1981, followed by the freight operations in 1982. The two passenger ships received
DFDS Seaways
livery and, for a short period, the hull logo of DFDS Tor Line. The freight ships have continued to be marketed as DFDS-Tor Line
Ships on This Page 2B:-
Dana Gloria (5)
- 2002-2003 (carries DFDS TOR colours, but is covered on the main DFDS passenger ferry page)
Dana Sirena (2)
- 2003- (carries DFDS TOR colours, but is covered on the main DFDS passenger ferry page)
Palanga
- 2004- (owned by DFDS Group company Lisco Baltic)
Tor Baltika
- 2001-
Tor Magnolia
- 2003-
Tor Minerva
- 2001-
Tor Neringa
- 2001-
Tor Petunia
- 2004-
Tor Primula
- 2004-
Ships on
Page 2A
:-
Balduin
- 1978, 1981-1986 (charter from Fred Olsen Line)
Tor Baltika
- 2001-
Tor Belgia (3)
- 1999- - ex-
Tor Britannia (2)
Tor Britannia (2)
- 1992-1999 - later
Tor Belgia (3)
Tor Caledonia
- 1977-1982, 1985-2001
Tor Dania (1)
- 1973-93 - later
Tor Hollandia
Tor Dania (2)
- 1992-
Tor Flandria
- 1998-
Tor Gothia
- 1971-
Tor Hollandia (2)
- 1973-93 - ex-
Tor Dania (1)
Tor Humbria
- Tor Line: 1999-
Tor Norvegia
- 1999-2001
Tor Scandia
- 1998-
Tor Selandia
- 1999-
Tor Suecia
- 1999-
DFDS Pages:-
DFDS
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Header Page
DFDS
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Passenger Ferries Pre-1945
- to be added!
DFDS
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Passenger Ferries 1945-74
DFDS
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Passenger/RoRo Ferries 1974-
DFDS Tor Line
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Freight Ferries - 2A
- up to 2000
DFDS Tor Line
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Freight Ferries - 2B
- after 2000
- this page!
Tor Line
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Passenger Ferries 1966-1981
Scandinavian World Cruises
- DFDS Caribbean Venture
www.dfdsseaways.co.uk
- DFDS Official Website
Associated Pages:-
Fred Olsen
Ferry Postcards
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Tor Anglia
Sardinia Nova
1966
Tor Hollandia (1)
Ariadne
1967
Tor Britannia (1)
Prince of Scandinavia
1976
Tor Scandinavia
Princess of Scandinavia
1976
DFDS TOR Line Fleet List
Tor Baltica (2001- )
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Harwich, 3rd July 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Harwich, 3rd July 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Harwich, 3rd July 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Harwich, 3rd July 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Harwich, 3rd July 2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 22-07-2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 22-07-2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 22-07-2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 22-07-2004.
Tor Minerva (2001- )
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Maasvlakte, 02-08-2003.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Maasvlakte, 02-08-2003.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Maasvlakte, 02-08-2003.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Schiedam Scheepswerf, 18th May 2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Schiedam Scheepswerf, 18th May 2004.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Rotterdam, 05-03-2005.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Rotterdam, 05-03-2005.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Rotterdam, 05-03-2005.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, Rotterdam, 05-03-2005.
Tor Magnolia (2003- )
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 25-10-2003, Immingham Dock.
Tor Petunia (2004- )
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 17-01-2004, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 17-01-2004, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 17-01-2004, Immingham Dock.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 17-01-2004, Immingham Dock.
Tor Primula (2004- )
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 2004
Photo: © Cees de Bijl, 2004