North Sea Ferry King Seaways (Amsterdam - Newcastle)

A film about the DFDS ferry King Seaways in service on the route Amsterdam - Newcastle in October 2019.
In this film we are on a mini cruise with the King Seaways from the Netherlands to England, during our crossing we visit also the bridge and engine rooms of the King Seaways.
The King Seaways was build in 1987 as Nils Holgersson on the Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven in Germany for the TT-Line route Trelleborg - Travemünde between Sweden and Germany.
The Nils Holgersson began regular service between Trelleborg and Travemünde under the Swedish flag on 26 February 1987.
In 1993, the ship was sold to the shipping company Brittany Ferries, rebuilt and renamed Val de Loire. The ship was used on the Plymouth - Santander route.
In 2005, the Val de Loire was operated on the St Malo - Portsmouth and Cherbourg - Portsmouth routes.
The shipping company DFDS bought the Val de Loire in 2005 and deployed it on the Ijmuiden - Newcastle route from 11 March 2006 under the name King of Scandinavia.
In 2011, the ship was renamed King Seaways and continues to operate on the Ijmuiden - Newcastle route to this day.
0:00 intro
0:17 King Seaways arrival Ijmuiden
16:35 King Seaways in port of Ijmuiden
25:59 King Seaways departure Ijmuiden
32:02 on the bridge of King Seaways
40:24 crossing to England
48:11 engine rooms of King Seaways
55:26 night crossing to England
1:00:17 sunrise over the North Sea
1:07:51 King Seways arrival port of Tyne
1:19:20 King Seaways departure port of Tyne
1:29:32 on board of King Seaways
1:43:20 crossing to The Netherlands
1:49:04 King Seaways back in Ijmuiden
2:00:40 King Seaways leaves the port of Ijmuiden
#DFDS #northshields #Ijmuiden

[@user-xp8so9mw1t]

Bin letzte Woche noch mit diesem Schiff gefahren, Fantastisch. Man merkt einfach die deutsche Wertarbeit und die penible Pflege der DFDS. Alle Achtung wie die Reederei diesen Oldie, nach 38 Jahren noch in Schuss hält. Super und Danke für diesen Film

[@worldofferryshipping5840]

sehr gerne, ja die gute alte Seebeckwerft-Qualität und die gute Pflege von DFDS geben der ehemaligen Nils Holgersson und ihrer Schwester Peter Pan bei DFDS ein langes Schiffsleben.

[@felixschneider198]

Wirklich schöner Film - man sieht wie viel Leidenschaft da drin steckt.

[@worldofferryshipping5840]

Vielen Dank!

[@TobSounds]

Nice video😍 and even with a visit to the bridge!! You’r so lucky😄 i havent been on the bridge on a DFDS ship 😅

[@tacticaldelusion]

Thank you so much for this, such a trip down memory lane. I sailed on this ship when it was the Brittany Ferries' Val De Loire and loved my childhood holidays to Spain. I loved this ship, it seemed huge as a child, I vividly remember exploring each deck and such was my obsession that I'd draw pictures of it whilst onboard. It's been refurbished several times since, but it still looks the same in many ways. Such a treat to see the bridge and engine rooms, thank you for making me feel young again!

[@MrGiloine]

I sailed on this ship too beetween St Malo and portsmouth (Brittany Ferries). She is a great ship !

[@damo85]

@@MrGiloine I never sailed on her to France, but I did on others (Normandie, Quiberon, Duc de Normandie and Bretagne) - Portsmouth/Plymouth to Roscoff/Caen/St Malo. Great holidays, wonderful ferry company.

[@MrGiloine]

@@damo85 Great !
I sailed on Trégastel, Duc de Normandie, Normandie, Corbière, Bretagne, Val de Loire, Mont Saint Michel and my first ship was Cornouailles (Poole to Cherbourg).

[@pajon82]

I sailed on her many times when she was brand new. TT-Line and was called Peter Pan (Trelleborg in Sweden to Travemünde in Germany). I actually have videos from the early 90's onboard this ship. There were table tennis in the lower part of it and a swimming pool (have that on video too). Today that lower floor is not accessible for passengers anymore, due to it is located under the sea level. I love this ship and I still recognize many things on it. As a child it was an amazing time exploring all the floors. 🙂

[@mattdeloire8193]

My dad was telling me about seeing her as the valdeloire on her maiden voyage while he was on quiberon back in the day he also travelled on her Final passenger crossing, but i will say good video

[@worldofferryshipping5840]

thank you.

[@WhiteHorseOfKilburn]

Only 6 lifeboats 🤔

[@worldofferryshipping5840]

Yes, but there is enough life-saving equipment on board for all passengers and crew.