Norfolk Line Ltd, British subsidiary of Norfolk Lijn of the Netherlands.
Mac Fisheries operated an agency for Norfolk Lijn at Great Yarmouth
1960s The company started a service from Great Yarmouth to Scheveningen using roll-on roll-off ferries to carry trailers (different from containers) serving the freight market between Britain and the Continent but also carrying some passengers.
1973 Norfolk Line Ltd was a joint venture between the Dutch company and Mac Fisheries, subsidiary of Unilever[1]
1973 Norfolk Lijn was acquired by Unilever[2]
1985 Unilever disposed of the last of its transport businesses, Norfolk Line, to Maersk[3]
2000 Introduced a car ferry service between Dover and Dunkerque.
2006 Norfolk Line Containers BV was acquired by DFDS
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Sources of Information
- The Times Mar. 16, 1978