Fjord Line

Fjord Line

Company type	Ferry Company
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Egersund, Norway
Area served	Norway, Denmark
Services	Passenger transportation, Freight transportation
Number of employees	245 (2010)
Parent	Bergen Nordhordland Rutelag
Website	fjordline.com

Fjord Line currently run on its route to Bergen

Stavangerfjord

Old Bergensfjord (current Dalmacija(bought by Croatian company Jadrolinija))

Fjord Cat

Fjord Line is a Norwegian ferry operator offering services between Norway and Denmark. 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 - Newcastle route from Color Line. ^[1]

In 2004 a much larger ship, the MS Fjord Norway was purchased to operate the Norway - Denmark service. The MS Bergen was chartered to DFDS.

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 DFDS. 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

The Sandefjord - Strömstad route: Service [ended] on the 29th of October 2023) ^[6]

Routes

Fjord Line operates routes between Norway, Denmark.

• Bergen - Hirtshals (as of summer of 2025) ^[7]

• Kristiansand - Hirtshals (Summer only) (Concurrency with Color Line)
• Stavanger - Bergen

Fleet

Current fleet

Fjord Line currently operates three vessels.

Name	Built	Entered service	Tonnage	Note
Stavangerfjord	2013	2013	31,678 GT	Exclusively powered by Liquified Natural Gas.
Bergensfjord	2014	2014 [8]	31,678 GT	From January 2014. Sister of Stavangerfjord.
Fjord FSTR	2020/2021	March 2021	11,888 GT	A new ship for the Kristiansand - Hirtshals route. Previously used by Fjord Cat.

Past fleet

Name	Built	In service	Tonnage	Fate
Lygra	1979	1997–2006	7,012 GT	Operates between USA and Caribbean
Fjord Norway	1986	2003–2006	31,356 GT	Sold to DFDS as Princess of Norway
Jupiter	1975	1998–2005	12,348 GT	Operates as a cruise ship in Vietnam, It sank November 2017
Fjord Cat	1998	2008–2020	5,619 GT
Oslofjord	1993/2014	1993/2014	16,551 GT	Formerly ran the Hirtshals/Bergen/Stavanger service and was converted into a day ferry in 2014 and renamed Oslofjord.

References

1. "M/S Wellamo (1975)". www.faktaomfartyg.nu. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. Skipsrevyen (2014-04-10). "Fjord Line hedret med "The Shippax Awards" - Skipsrevyen.no". www.skipsrevyen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
3. "Shippax Award 2014". Shippax. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
4. "Article Search".
5. "Fjord Line stanser danskebåtene fra Bergen".
6. Bjerkholdt, Bettina Olie (2023-09-20). "Fjord Line avvikler ruten mellom Sandefjord og Strømstad". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
7. https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/krever-skjerpet-kontroll-etter-nrk-avsloring-1.17420235. NRK.no. Retrieved 2025-05-19
8. "Fjord Line Takes Over MS 'Bergensfjord' (Norway)". World Maritime News. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

External links

• Fjordline web site