Fjord Line

Fjord Line

Founded	1993
Headquarters	Bergen, Norway
Area served	Norway, Denmark
Key people	Ingvald Fardal, MD
Services	Passenger transportation, Freight transportation
Number of employees	245 (2010)
Parent	Bergen Nordhordland Rutelag
Website	www.fjordline.no

Fjord Line route map

Stavangerfjord

Old Bergensfjord (current Oslofjord)

Fjord Cat

Fjord Line is a Norwegian ferry operator offering services between Norway, Denmark and Sweden. In addition to passenger transport, Fjord line operates cargo transport through its cargo division in Norway and Denmark.

History

Fjord Line was founded in 1993. In 1998 the company purchased the MS Jupiter and the Bergen - Newcastle route from Color Line.^[1]

In 2004 a much larger ship, the MS Fjord Norway was purchased to operate the Norway - Denmark service. The MS Bergen was chartered to DFDS.

Following heavy competition on the Norway - Denmark route, in 2005 Fjord Line began streamlining operations. On return of the MS Bergen from charter, the MS Fjord Norway and the Norway - UK route were sold to DFDS. The MS Jupiter was laid up for sale.

On 1 January 2008 Fjord Line merged with fast ferry operator Master Ferries.

In 2014 Fjord Line became the world’s first ferry operator to use contactless radio frequency identification RFID smart cards for the cabin locks. This solution was provided by Carus Ferry Ltd Ab. ^[2]

Routes

Fjord Line operates routes between Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

• Bergen - Stavanger - Hirtshals
• Kristiansand - Hirtshals (Summer only) (Concurrency with Color Line)
• Hirtshals - Langesund
• Sandefjord - Strömstad (Concurrency with Color Line)

Fleet

References

External links

• Fjordline web site