About us

amsterdamnewcastle.com covers one connection: the overnight ferry between IJmuiden on the North Sea coast near Amsterdam and North Shields on the Tyne near Newcastle. DFDS sails it every day in both directions with the King Seaways and the Princess Seaways.

With one departure a day, the choices that matter are the date, the cabin and how you get to the port. We show the sailings in both directions in one timetable, explain the cabins and the mini cruise, set out what the UK asks for at the border and describe both terminals, with directions, parking and the transfer bus.

What this site is not

amsterdamnewcastle.com is an independent guide and not the official website of DFDS. We are not a travel guide to England or the Netherlands and not a hotel portal: sights, accommodation ashore, flights and hire cars are deliberately left out, and other ferry routes between the continent and Great Britain are not covered here. We concentrate on the crossing itself and on what matters for it: date and cabin, travelling with a car, motorhome, bicycle or dog, entry requirements and the procedure at both ports. We do not sell the tickets ourselves: bookings go through our partner Direct Ferries (directferries.co.uk), where the current prices, availability and conditions apply.

Prices appear only on the prices page; crossing times, deadlines and terminal addresses come from the ferry company and the UK government and are checked regularly.