Hoverlloyd
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- 1966-00-00
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- Background and formation
- Airline Industry Culture
- Early operations
- Ramsgate to Calais Route
- Competition with Seaspeed
- Heyday of operations
- Sale to Broströms Rederi AB
- Duty Free Sales
- Coach Services
- Further Sea Routes
- Economics of large hovercraft operation
- Rising oil prices
- Non-Freight Business
- Debt Servicing
- Supply Chain
- Merger and rationalisation
- Fleet
- Routes
- Former Hoverlloyd routes today
- In popular culture
- Film Industry
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
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Hoverlloyd operated a cross-Channel hovercraft service between Ramsgate, England, and Calais, France.
Originally registered as Cross-Channel Hover Services Ltd in 1965, the company was renamed Hoverlloyd the following year. It was initially owned by a partnership between the Swedish Lloyd and the Swedish American Line shipping companies. On 6 April 1966, Hoverlloyd commenced operations from Ramsgate Harbour to Calais Harbour, operated the SR.N6 hovercraft while awaiting the completion of the considerably larger SR.N4 ferries. In addition to competing with traditional ferries, it had a fierce rivalry with hovercraft operator Seaspeed, which also operated SR.N4s on the cross-Channel route. In 1969, in conjunction with the arrival of the first SR.N4s, Hoverlloyd re-positioned its services to run between purpose-built hoverports.