Fjord Line is a

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ferry operator offering services between

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and

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; in October 2020 the company announced a scale-back of operations whereby the ferry operations will only serve the ports of Kristiansand, Hirtshals, and Stavanger. 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 Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

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route from Color Line. In 2004 a much larger ship, the MS ''Fjord Norway'' was purchased to operate the Norway - Denmark service. The MS ''Bergen'' was chartered to

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. 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

. The MS ''Jupiter'' was laid up for sale. On 1 January 2008 Fjord Line merged with fast ferry operator Master Ferries. The MS ''Stavangerfjord'' was awarded for Best Ship Design at the 2014 Shippax Awards. 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.

Routes

Fjord Line operates routes between Norway, Denmark and Sweden. *

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has a p ...

(Summer only) (Concurrency with Color Line) * Stavanger -

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

Strömstad Strömstad is a locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 6,288 inhabitants in 2010. For historical reasons, Strömstad is called a ''city'' despite its small population. Strömstad became part of S ...

(Concurrency with Color Line) *

Langesund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bamble, Norway. The town of Langesund was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with Bamble 1 January 1964. In the early days, Langesund was ...

History

Routes

Fleet

Current fleet

Past fleet

References

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