Torghatten ASA is a

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based in

Brønnøysund Brønnøysund () is a town and the administrative centre of Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is also a former municipality within Nordland county. The village of Brønnøysund originally was declared a ladested in 1923 wh ...

. The company's areas of operation include operating

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, car ferries, fast ferries,

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and maintenance. The company's main asset is a 100% ownership in

Fosen Trafikklag Fosen Trafikklag is a company operating buses and ferries in Trøndelag and Østlandet in Norway. In total the company has approximately 750 vehicles and 16 ships, though numerous of them operate by subsidiaries. The company merged with Namos T ...

. The companies ship operations include car- and passenger ferry operations in southern Helgeland, between Bindal and

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. TTS operates four bus routes out of Brønnøysund, to

Mosjøen Mosjøen (; sma, Mussere) is a town in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Mosjøen is the oldest town in the Helgeland region, with only the town of Bodø being older within Nordland county. The town is also the administrative centre ...

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and

Namsos ( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...

. In addition to operations in its own name, Torghatten owns 100% of Fosen Trafikklag. This company again operates car- and passenger ferries in Sør-Trøndelag, owns Bastø Fosen that operates the Bastø Ferry. It also owns Innherredsferja,

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, Norgesbuss and

TrønderBilene TrønderBilene AS is a bus company operating in Trøndelag, Norway. As of 2009, it has 324 employees and 238 buses, and is owned by Torghatten ASA. The company operates both coach, bus, charter and school routes, as well as some truck and gara ...

, that again owns 74% of Gauldal Billag that owns Østerdal Billag. Furthermore, the company also has some

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in shipping, including 5% of Edda Gas (49% being owned by Bergesen d.y.) and 50% of an

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ship.

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