Corrections: The Pride of Bruges has operated the route since 1987, she was origninally called the Norsun. She was renamed Pride of Bruges in 2002. Belgium is obviously spelt incorrectly in the video (not quiet sure how I made this mistake :)
@duncanbhaltaireanraigwilso9627
5 жыл бұрын
No she hasn't operated the Zeebrugge route since 1987. Pride of Brugge was indeed built as the Norsun but she was built for, and entered service on the Hull to Rotterdam route, at which time she displaced the Norstar onto the Zeebrugge route. Pride of Brugge (still named Norsun) transferred to the Zeebrugge in 2002 after the Norstar had a major engine fire, and was withdrawn from service. This also required the still under construction Pride of Rotterdam, and Pride of Hull to have their names swapped so that the Pride of Hull (closest to completion) could enter service as Pride of Rotterdam to allow the transfer of the dutch flagged ships to go ahead without too much grief. Norsun wasn't renamed Pride of Brugge until 2003 when P&O North Sea Ferries became just plane P&O Ferries. Norstar was taken out of service at this time, and later transferred to SNAV. Interesting fact, the Norsun's first revenue earning voyage was also her delivery voyage when she carried 850 brand new Nissan cars from Yokohama, Japan to Rotterdam.
@Nine-Signs
2 жыл бұрын
P&O = anti working class c*nts. Have a fantastic day.
@johnofypres
3 жыл бұрын
Been on this ship many times and will miss it. Thank you for posting.
@bmused55
6 жыл бұрын
I went on this ship several times during her North Sea Ferries days as the Norsun. Big ship and lots to explore for a kid :) The service took a nose dive in quality and prices soared when P&O took hold through :(
@gary96397
6 жыл бұрын
bmused55 me too...great memories
@manubird2475
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting video! I remember catching a ferry from Gothenberg Sweden to Hull very early in 1968. I can't remember the ship's or line's name, but that voyage across the North Sea was horrific. All of us, passengers and crew, traversed the ship on hands and knees because of the rough seas. Docking at Hull was mercy delivered from heaven. I was such an ignorant teenager then. At that time, taking currency out of Britain was highly restricted. I was broke on my return, and I went 3 days without food. Later I learned that I could have gone to the purser and cashed a cheque ! Sometimes life's lesson come the hard way! But I'll never forget finally docking in beautiful Hull!
@billyboo59
6 жыл бұрын
manu bird Hi. I went from Hull to Gothenburg in about 1972 on ship call ‘MV Spero’ of Ellerman Wilson Lines.
@scotiajinker8392
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on that ferry a few times , travel down from Glasgow with my caravan. It’s a long way to get to France from up here.
@Nascimento1757
6 жыл бұрын
Fiz esta viagem em Setembro de 2016 quando ia para a Escócia e foi tudo impecável.Muito bom ambiente a bordo,empregados atenciosos e eficientes tal como no Pride of York.Belo vídeo.
@76notam
6 жыл бұрын
interesting video !:) it's the first time than i see a ferry passing a dock and lock to arrive in the ferries terminal..... a long time to go in ...lol
@gen8i
4 жыл бұрын
brings back good memories. I departed from the port of Hull to Zeebrugge
@hughrainbird43
5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of sailing Dover - Zeebrugge many times by the then Townsend Thoresen ferries (owners of "HERALD of Free Enterprise") during the pre-Channel Tunnel 1970's for cycle-racing trips to ride the "International Amateur " races in Flanders. Also on one occasion crossed overnight by the Stena Line service from Sheerness to Vlissingen, then by ferry across the Schelde to Terneuzen for a short drive beside the Zeekanaal to our lodgings in Ghent. Experience aboard this long crossing was very much like yours aboard the "Wawel": We'd booked "pullman" seats in the quiet lounge to get some rest as we were racing the next day, but were kept awake all night by Australian and American backpackers increasingly more drunk, arguing about the Vietnam War!
@msmarinediesel1843
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, sounds like an Interesting trip, even though my night on the Wawel was also a little uncomfortable it was definitely something to remember 😀
@llarsen1952
6 жыл бұрын
I love you videos very well done and I really like all the useful information; the best part is it's not guesswork.
@msmarinediesel1843
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching them, hope to do some more again next summer ;)
@Jokero_YT
5 жыл бұрын
That is so cool, I love your videos but the less music, the better, or maybe lower volume :) Anyway, I'd love to live in Belgium or the Netherlands, such amazing places.
@dle343
6 жыл бұрын
informative and entertaining.... thank yiu
@robertbobis7002
5 жыл бұрын
I wish i could also take a boat and travel to different countries
@paulkazjack
7 жыл бұрын
That lock is just too narrow for the Brugge,although it does fit through its a bloody nightmare!
@euancamm3810
3 жыл бұрын
I'm gutted these boats have been sold. What lovely little ships
@richardorourke4639
3 жыл бұрын
Not sold.
@euancamm3810
3 жыл бұрын
@@richardorourke4639 Are they not? I get the shipping world magazine I'm sure that's what it said.
@richardorourke4639
3 жыл бұрын
@@euancamm3810 NOTHING IS DECIDED,YET. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I LIVE WITHIN SIGHT OF THEM!
@euancamm3810
3 жыл бұрын
@@richardorourke4639 ahh ok
@paulwhitear4983
6 жыл бұрын
going through that loch was tight. Good piece of seamanship.
@msmarinediesel1843
6 жыл бұрын
The ship just about fits through.Its a very large ship for such a small lock.
@duncancallum
6 жыл бұрын
Paul Whitear Methinks the lochs are a few miles away in Scotland
@dazlebluefrogify
2 жыл бұрын
great video mate but interesting to know they have to us a lock in the port couldn't they of used the land upstream or a little downstream to make it easier?how much time does it add on to the journey ?finally i've read a few comments on here they will be stopping this service ?shame people now want to get from A to B as quickly as possible (ie flying)
@ruairidaly6452
7 жыл бұрын
Will you ever look at the P&O service from Cairnryan to Larne? It's a really pleasant service!
@msjacksshipsadventures8382
3 жыл бұрын
Miss it
@Oakleaf700
7 жыл бұрын
No more Dover> Oostende routes? 1970 school trip fave route!
@colinclarke4285
7 жыл бұрын
Oakleaf700 always used ostend to dover when I travelled back and forth when I was living in Holland but the quick motorway route from calais killed it off ..
@Oakleaf700
7 жыл бұрын
Tunnel is so quick..the motorway into Belgium is fast and easy..but of course migrants are now a problem around Calais Tunnel area. When we went, we were in a car, not a van, and it was obvious that the car was full...but wouldn't want to be driving a lorry or empty car through there now.
@colinclarke4285
7 жыл бұрын
The migrants camp is gone. ..there is not so much of them now and they have been bussed to various places in France miles from calais. .
@Oakleaf700
7 жыл бұрын
That is good to know...it was a huge problem, but haven't heard nearly as much about Migrant problems around Calais of late.
@colinclarke4285
7 жыл бұрын
I go past there on a regular basis and last time it was still clear. .it still stinks though. .A horrible musty wet god knows what smell. .
@kenhillary8108
2 жыл бұрын
Been on this more times than lcan remember !!!!!! Never ever een on a rememberance parade
@wilhelmtk1112
6 жыл бұрын
yo, the vid is good, and your channel is good, so you're the best
@boogiestreet594
4 жыл бұрын
Man the owners of the Herald of Free Enterprise and all the other ships owned by them at that time were called Townsend Thoresten. They were Geniuses. Tey had at te time the 2 worst peacetime deathtoll since the Titanic, DOZENS of mistakes by poorly trained crew etc, it sould ave destroyed their reputation. You'd tink "It must have., i aven't heard of Townsend Thoresten since???" You have., they renamed themslves to P&O Ferries not long after. absolute GENIUS bit of management there. And pretty much no one rememberes they're the same people
@samensor8218
3 жыл бұрын
Desperately sad that the route is being axed and both ships are being scrapped
@jonw8789
7 жыл бұрын
Hi, really nice video with good footage. Of course the vessel has actually operated the route since 1987 when she was called the Norsun. She was renamed Pride of Bruges in 2002. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of the imminent internal refurbishment.
@duncanbhaltaireanraigwilso9627
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Jonny, you're incorrect i'm afraid. She hasn't being on the Hull to Zeebrugge route since 1987. Pride of Brugge entered service as Norsun in 1987 on the Hull to Rotterdam route, and displaced the Norstar on to the Hull to Zeebrugge route. She only transferred to Hull to Zeebrugge in 2002 (still named Norsun after Norstar had a catastrophic engine fire [Also requiring Pride of Hull to be renamed Pride of Rotterdam to replace Norsun on the Rotterdam route] ), before being renamed Pride of Brugge in 2003 at the same time that, P&O North Sea Ferries became just plane, P&O Ferries.
@chrishill7955
3 жыл бұрын
Will miss the old lady of the sea, had great fun over many years and crossings on her shame on p&o for axing service and scrapping the 2 ships next year
@dutchyandergaming7139
4 жыл бұрын
It's a beautiful ship but uh It looks like it has sunk and risen up.. With that i mean it looks very rusty at some places. It could get a makeover!
@Bruce-1956
6 жыл бұрын
Is 'Starbucks Coffee' a positive or negative ??
@msmarinediesel1843
6 жыл бұрын
For me its a positive :)
@jamesrobin
5 жыл бұрын
What no pilot?
@marcobrian1619
3 жыл бұрын
Can never understand why the captan enters hull docks stern first? York comes in bow first. It always coursed a lot of damage to both vessel and lock pit. As iv traveled and worked on both vessels. It's agood job it's been taken out of service now.....it was very rotten for its age. But I do like a good commenter vidii
@wackywormchris729
5 жыл бұрын
2:55 Whats the lit up ship on the backround far away
@burgessronald3586
7 жыл бұрын
Seriously love your videos but I think the music would be better left out
@ohmyblindman
5 жыл бұрын
Why do so many on KZitem think this canned, repetitive, cheesy, music enhances? I'd rather hear waves. Can't comment further, quit 3 minutes in.
@michaelbruchas6663
3 жыл бұрын
You have to do something about wind noise in these videos...
@anthonycole9272
6 жыл бұрын
Is not 15 hours it's 24 hours on the hull port ferries
@bodozacher6468
6 жыл бұрын
IT IS DEFINITELY 15 HOURS !!!
@billyboo59
5 жыл бұрын
By my calculations it’s actually 13 hrs.
@fredgrove4220
5 жыл бұрын
I've done that route 5 or 6 times and it is definitely 15 hours, or slightly more, depending on sea conditions.
@annabattersby9880
5 жыл бұрын
Can you walk all round the ship on the deck?
@qurantv4003
4 жыл бұрын
Anna Battersby yep!
@Oakleaf700
7 жыл бұрын
Have they a Memorial to the Disaster at the port? ghastly accident.
@msmarinediesel1843
7 жыл бұрын
I was a little late arriving so I was not able to have a look around Zeebrugge. I am sure there is some memorial in the port somewhere.
@rosemcdermott5251
7 жыл бұрын
MS Marine Diesel I want to make the same crossing, can I have your contact and take out some debts? Pls
@CreativeEm
5 жыл бұрын
As far as I know, the site of the disaster is the only memorial
@krashd
6 жыл бұрын
Misspelling the name of a country is a great way to get views it seems.
@msmarinediesel1843
6 жыл бұрын
Well spotted
@francoisarquin7519
3 жыл бұрын
Belgium...not Belguim...And proud to be a Belgan...
@gtislamicshorts469
4 жыл бұрын
Video is very good but background music so irritating
@tommytaylor7399
5 жыл бұрын
Does this no longer have a casino onboard?
@maritimedronefilming9511
4 жыл бұрын
only cards
@gairysievright7753
5 жыл бұрын
Gr8
@moow950
4 жыл бұрын
Belguim 🤣😂? 6:47 1987, not 1986!
@nosaltadded2530
3 жыл бұрын
Post a video with wind noise and you get a thumbs down.
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