Mosterhamn–Valevåg Ferry was an

automobile ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their o ...

which connected the island community of

Bømlo Bømlo is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo includ ...

to the mainland in

Sveio Sveio is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Sveio is a border district that is sometimes considered to be located in the traditional district of Haugalandet since it is located on the Haugalandet peninsula, but it is also considered to ...

. The route was operated by Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD) and ran between

Mosterhamn Mosterhamn or simply Moster is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of the municipality of Bømlo. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden. Th ...

on Bømlo to

Valevåg Valevåg is a village in Sveio municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern end of the Sveio peninsula, along the southern shore of the Hardangerfjorden. Historically, Valevåg was the administrative centre o ...

on the mainland.Hauge (2001): 130 In 2000 the ferry transported 89,815 vehicles and 198,313 passengers.Hauge (2001): 131 The original route to the mainland ran from

Moster Moster is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1916 until 1963, when it was merged into the new, larger municipality of Bømlo. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village o ...

to Tjernagel. On 22 July 1959, the route was moved from the port of Mosterhamn to a new quay further out. From 1 July 1975, the quay was moved from Tjernagel to Valevåg. The last ferry to operate on the route was MF ''Tysnes'', which had a capacity for 40 cars and 162 passengers. The ferry was terminated on 30 April 2001 with the opening of the

Triangle Link The Triangle Link ( no, Trekantsambandet) is a fixed link with three branches that connects the islands of Stord and Bømlo to each other and to the mainland at Sveio, Norway. It consists of the underwater Bømlafjord Tunnel from Sveio to the i ...

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