Holland Norway Lines was a Dutch ferry company which operated a passenger and car ferry service between Emden, Germany and Kristiansand, Norway three times a week.
The company chartered the cruise ferry Romantika from the Estonian Tallink Grupp for an initial period of three years.
[1] On 30 August 2023, the company announced that it would suspend operations due to financial problems,[2] and on 2 September 2023 it filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.
The problem was caused by the fact that since October, Holland Norway Lines no longer had priority to dock at the so-called heavy quay in Eemshaven.
[clarification needed] On 23 March 2023, Holland Norway Lines announced in a press release that from 17 April to 31 May they would use Cuxhaven as their temporary departure port.