A subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Amateurs (LDA) shipping and logistics group, LD Lines entered the cross-channel ferry market in late 2005 by taking over the former P&O Portsmouth - Le Havre route. During its lifetime, the company established a network of relatively short-lived cross-channel routes. With the commencement of a joint Dover - Calais service with DFDS Seaways under the DFDS brand, the LD Lines name began to disappear. By 2015, faced with competition and reduced freight volumes as a result of the global recession, LDA had withdrawn from the ferry industry with its operations fully integrated into DFDS. Illustrated with photographs of ships and their interiors, a fleet list is included covering routes and vessels operated by LD Lines.