Dart Line

{{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:{{cite web |title=Dart Line |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart.html |website=Simplon Postcards |accessdate=30 July 2018}}

• {{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.{{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}} In 2006 the parent company Bidvest sold Dart Line to Cobelfret.{{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}}{{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}}