Dfds wasted little time disposing of the Irish Sea routes it acquired in July 2010 as part of the purchase of Norfolkline. Services from Birkenhead and Heysham to Belfast went to Stena Line at the beginning of December 2010, along with terminal operations in all three ports and, on 13 January, DFDS announced closure of the Birkenhead and Heysham to Dublin routes from the end of the month. With North Sea and English Channel routes clearly the big prize in a cash and shares buy-out of Maersk-owned Norfolkline, DFDS said: 'The Irish Sea activities have in recent years made substantial losses due to considerable overcapacity on the market.
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