Tor Line

Tor Line
IndustryShipping
Founded1966
Defunct2010
FateIntegrated into DFDS Seaways
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
(As DFDS Tor Line)
Gothenburg, Sweden
(As Tor Line)
Area served
North Sea
Baltic Sea
ServicesFreight transportation
ParentDFDS A/S
Websitewww.dfds.com
MS Tor Corona departing Copenhagen, March 2008.

The Tor Line was a freight shipping company. Together with its subsidiaries, the Tor Line operated a fleet of approximately 65 ro-ro, ro-pax and lo-lo ships, primarily on the North and Baltic Seas.[1] It was ultimately purchased by Denmark-based DFDS, which renamed it DFDS Tor Line, and it operated as a freight-carrying division of DFDS along with DFDS Lisco, DFDS Lys Line and DFDS Container Line before retiring the brand.

Tor Line was founded as a joint venture between the Swedish Trans Oil Shipping and Rex Shipping to operate car-passenger ferries between Sweden, England and the Netherlands. The company name was an abbreviation of the founding companies' names, Trains Oil and Rex Line.[2] Tor Line begun passenger operations in 1966 and freight operations in 1969.[3][4] In 1980 Tor Line formed a brief joint venture for passenger services, Sessan Tor Line, with Sessan Line. A similar joint venture was formed for freight services with Swedish Lloyd.[5] Both proved short-lived: Stena Line acquired Sessan Line in 1981,[2] and during the same year Tor Line passenger services were sold to DFDS. A year later DFDS also acquired Tor Line's freight services.[5] Initially both divisions were marketed as DFDS Tor Line, but the passenger ferries were later moved under the DFDS brand.[6]

  1. ^ "This is DFDS Tor Line". DFDS Tor Line. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  2. ^ a b "Tor Line". Kommandobryggan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  3. ^ Asklander, Micke. "Tor Line". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  4. ^ Asklander, Micke. "Tor Roro". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  5. ^ a b Boyle, Ian. "Tor Line Page 1 – Passenger Ferries 1966–1981". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  6. ^ Boyle, Ian. "DFDS Tor Line Page 2A – Freight Ferries up to 2000". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 2009-03-04.