Nesodden–Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap, Nesoddbåtene or NBDS is a
Norwegian shipping company that operates the
passenger ferry in
Oslofjord. The company has six
ships, of which two are high-speed, and has 50 employees. The company has 2.7 million passengers annually. The primary function is to transport people between
Nesodden and
Oslo. Nesodden is a suburb across the fjord of Oslo and the ferry service is the fastest way between the two places.
Services are between
Nesoddtangen
Nesoddtangen is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Nesodden in Akershus, Norway.
Nesoddtangen is located on the tip of the peninsula between the inner Oslofjord (''Indre Oslofjord'') and its arm Bunnefjorden. It is si ...
in Nesodden to
Aker Brygge in Oslo and
Lysaker. In addition there is a
rush hour
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service between Aker Brygge and
Slemmestad and
Vollen in
Asker as well as a summer route Aker Brygge to
Drøbak via a number of islands in Oslo Fjord and western Nesodden.
The company was owned 51% by
Fosen Trafikklag and 38% by the
Municipality of Nesodden, and was operated on contract with
Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk
Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk AS or SL was the public transport administration for bus and ferry transport in Akershus, Norway from 1973 to 2007. SL was organised as a limited company owned by the Akershus county municipality, the City of Oslo, and th ...
, but the route was to be made a
public service obligation (PSO). The municipality of Nesodden sold parts of its stock in the company, after a reluctant period without purchasers, because the new operator would have to invest approximately
NOK
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60 million in new ships. Previously the municipality owned 87% of the company.
Following a tender suspension in 2007, traffic from 1 July 2009 was taken over by Tide Sjø. MF ''Smørbukk'' and MF ''Huldra'' were taken over by
Tide Sjo,
[Gaute J. Gaarder (23. juni 2010). «Kan bli charterbåt». Akershus Amtstidende. Besøkt 20. September 2011] the same became MS "Prinsen" but it was sold abroad in summer 2009. The MS "Princess" was sold to Bergen-Nordhordland Rutelag (BNR) in Bergen in April 2010.
References
Shipping companies of Norway
Companies based in Oslo
Ferry companies of Oslo
Ferry companies of Akershus
Fosen Trafikklag
Companies with year of establishment missing
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