Tens of thousands of travelers must make alternative travel plans following the bankruptcy of car and passenger ferry company Holland Norway Lines. Originally serving the route between Eemshaven in the Netherlands and Kristiansand in Southern Norway, the line had recently switched departure point from Eemshaven to nearby Emden in Germany.
The line suspended operations and applied for a suspension of payments last week when the scale of its financial difficulties became clear. But with no serious candidate to take over the company, a Dutch court has confirmed the…