Boreal Sjø AS (formerly Boreal Transport Nord AS and Veolia Transport Nord AS) is a subsidiary of

Boreal Norge Boreal Norge AS (formerly Veolia Transport Norge AS and Connex Norge AS) is a Norway, Norwegian public transport operator. Established as a subsidiary of Veolia Transport, CGEA Transport in 1999, it operates through its subsidiaries buses, ferry, ...

, operating road ferries and fast ferries in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

, and

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

. The headquarters are located in

Hammerfest Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town/cityIn the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city". that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the nor ...

History

In spring of 2007,

Veolia Transport Norge Boreal Norge AS (formerly Veolia Transport Norge AS and Connex Norge AS) is a Norwegian public transport operator. Established as a subsidiary of CGEA Transport in 1999, it operates through its subsidiaries buses, ferries and trams in the count ...

restructured their subsidiaries that had been acquired since the beginning in 1999, to make larger regional units. ''Veolia Transport Nord AS'' (VTN) was created as a merger of

Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap AS (FFR), formerly Finmarkens Amtsrederi (FAR), was a road ferry, fast ferry and bus operator owned by Finnmark County Municipality. The headquarters were located in Hammerfest. In addition they operated fou ...

(FFR), Helgelandske, and the two former

Nordtrafikk Nordtrafikk is a Norway, Norwegian truck and ambulance operator based in Sortland Municipality. The company operates ambulance services for Northern Norway Regional Health Authority. The company's bus (''Nordtrafikk Buss AS'') and ferry (''Nordt ...

subsidiaries Nordtrafikk Buss and Nordtrafikk Maritim. FFR and Nordtrafikk's bus operations in

Eastern Norway Eastern Norway (, ) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Oslo, Akershus, Vestfold, Østfold, Buskerud, Telemark, and Innlandet. Eastern Norway is by far the most populous region of Norw ...

were moved to another regional unit. When

Veolia Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. In ...

sold their Norwegian operations in May 2011, renaming the Norwegian operations to Boreal Transport, the company was accordingly renamed ''Boreal Transport Nord AS'' (BTN), its current name. In July 2014, Boreal Transport Nord acquired

Hurtigruten ''Hurtigruten'' (), formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes"), is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally, and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports ...

's 71.3%-share in TIRB, becoming the major owner. TIRB had the bus operating subsidiaries Cominor (100%) and Senja Rutebil (49.3%) In 2014, a PSO tender for all bus operations in Finnmark (except some minibus routes) was offered, and in 2015 it was won by Boreal Transport Nord as the only bidder. The contract lasts for seven years, starting from 1 January 2016, with an optional extension of up to three years. The buses were delivered by

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and

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. During 2016, a new restructure occurred, changing from regional units to units based on business areas. As BTN had all of Boreal's ferry operations, the company was renamed ''Boreal Sjø AS'' and all other business areas were moved to other Boreal companies. All non-commercial bus services were moved to Boreal Buss, while commercial operations were moved to Boreal Travel.

References

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