{{Short description|British ferry operator}} {{distinguish|Dublin Area Rapid Transit}} '''Dart Line''' was a British ferry operator operating from the River Thames near Dartford.
The company had several vessels named ''Dart'':<ref>{{cite web |title=Dart Line |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart.html |website=Simplon Postcards |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> *{{ship|MS|Dart 1}}, operated 1997–2002 *{{ship|MS|Dart 2}}, operated 1996–2005 *{{ship|MS|Dart 3}}, launched 1985, used on the Dartford–Vlissingen, Dartford–Zeebrugge and Dartford–Dunkirk routes 1997–2006 *{{ship|MS|Dart 4}}, operated 1997–2006 *{{ship|MS|Dart 5}}, operated 1996–1999 *{{ship|MS|Dart 6}}, launched 1998, used on the Dartford–Vlissingen line and Dartford–Dunkirk in 1998–1999 and 2003 *{{ship|MS|Dart 7}}, launched 1998, operated on the Dartford–Vlissingen line in 1999 *{{ship|MS|Dart 8}}, operated 1999–2006 *{{ship|MS|Dart 9}}, operated 1999–2006
They also operated other ships: *{{ship|MS|Northern Star}}, launched 1991, operated Dartford–Vlissingen in 2003
Dart Line was owned by Jacobs Holdings, who in 2000 announced a move of the freight and ferry services at Thames Europort, Dartford, to Shell Haven in Essex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dart Line to cross the Thames in bid to release property cash |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4471046/Dart-Line-to-cross-the-Thames-in-bid-to-release-property-cash.html |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> In 2006 the parent company Bidvest sold Dart Line to Cobelfret.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cobfin S.A. / Kabos Holdings UK Ltd / Dart Line Ltd / Jacobs Holdings Ltd |url=https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/cobfin-s-a-kabos-holdings-uk-ltd-dart-line-ltd-jacobs-holdings-ltd |website=Competition and Markets Authority |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cobelfret buys Dart Line |url=https://fairplay.ihs.com/commerce/article/4180101/cobelfret-buys-dart-line |website=Fairplay |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *''Dart'' (ship)
==External links== *[http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferrycompany.php?Rid=18&lang=en Dart Line at the Ferry Site]
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Ferry companies of England Category:Former River Thames ferries