Hurtigruten AS
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| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1866 as Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap. |
| Founder | Richard With |
| Headquarters | Tromsø, Norway |
Area served | Norway Svalbard Antarctica Greenland Iceland South America North America Transatlantic |
Key people | Daniel Skjeldam (CEO) |
| Products | Ferry transport Freight shipping Cruise line |
| Revenue |  NOK 3,300 million (2013) |
| NOK 261 million (2013) | |
| NOK 26 million (2013) | |
Number of employees | 1,757 (2013) |
| Parent | TDR Capital |
| Subsidiaries | Hurtigruten Svalbard |
| Website | Hurtigruten AS Template:En icon |
Hurtigruten AS, formerly Hurtigruten Group ASA and Hurtigruten ASA, is a Norwegian transport corporation with headquarters in Tromsø,[1] Norway. The company provides services in bus transport, passenger ferry transport, automobile ferry transport, cruise ships, and tourism planning — in addition to operating Hurtigruten, the coastal ferry service along the Norwegian coast from which it takes its name.[2]
History
Hurtigruten AS is the result of a merger between the two previous operators of the Hurtigruten service: Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (OVDS) and Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap (TFDS). TFDS was founded in 1866, and OVDS was established in 1868. The two companies merged in March 2006 to form Hurtigruten Group ASA, and twelve months later the merged entity assumed the name Hurtigruten ASA. In 2012, the company headquarters was moved from Narvik to Tromsø.[1] In 2015, the legal form of Hurtigruten was changed from ASA to AS.[3] The company is now owned by TDR Capital.[4]
Operations
Coastal express service
Hurtigruten AS is the sole operator of the Hurtigruten (literally "The Fast Route"), a daily passenger ferry, cruise, and shipping line along the western and northern Norwegian coast.[2] It operates between the southern Bergen and northeastern Kirkenes. A total of 11 ships operate the route.[5]
Cruise ships
Several former Hurtigruten ships now operate as cruise ships to Antarctica, departing from Ushuaia on the Argentine Tierra del Fuego. The route can include the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Islands.[6] Hurtigruten Group acquired the MS Fram for their tour cruises in Greenland.[5]
Other cruises include touring: Iceland,[7] the Mediterranean Region coasts and ports,[8] and the 'Trans-Atlantic Voyage' from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9]
Car ferries
Hurtigruten ASA operates a number of roll-on/roll-off car ferries in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Møre og Romsdal.
Tourism
The company owns a number of travel related companies, including the tour operator Spitsbergen Travel and a number of travel agencies in Norway and abroad.
The Hurtigruten Museum is a maritime museum about the 'Hurtigruten' that is located in the port city of Stokmarknes, Norway. The MS Finnmarken, retired from the coastal express and a museum ship now, is located on shore beside the Hurtigruten Museum.
Former assets
Buses
Hurtigruten ASA owned 71.3% of the transportation company TIRB. The shares were sold to Boreal Transport Nord AS in July 2014 for 95.9 million NOK.[10]
Hotels
Hurtigruten AS owned two hotels in Bergen; Neptun Hotel and Strand Hotel. The hotels were sold to Bergen Hotel in 2008.[11]
Current fleet
Current ships of the fleet include:[5]
- MS Roald Amundsen - will be used as an expedition ship.
- MS Spitsbergen - used as an expedition ship.
- MS Fram - used as an expedition ship.
- MS Midnatsol
- MS Trollfjord
- MS Finnmarken
- MS Nordnorge
- MS Nordkapp
- MS Polarlys
- MS Nordlys
- MS Richard With
- MS Kong Harald
- MS Vesterålen
- MS Lofoten
References
- ^ a b Lysvold, Susanne (6 December 2012). "Hurtigruten legger ned i Narvik og flytter til Tromsø". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ a b 'Hurtigruten' (Norwegian Coastal Express) ferry, and coastal cruises
- ^ Vaeng Sæbbe, Linda (3 February 2015). "Slik blir hovedkontoret, form og styret i nye Hurtigruten AS". Vest 24 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "tdrcapital.com". tdrcapital.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c Hurtigruten: Ships . Accessed 2015-04-13
- ^ Hurtigruten: Antarctica cruises
- ^ Hurtigruten: Iceland cruises
- ^ Hurtigruten: European cruises
- ^ Hurtigruten: Trans-Atlantic Voyage cruises
- ^ Bjørklund, Marco (9 July 2014). "TIRB er solgt". Troms Folkeblad. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014.
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External links
- official 'Hurtigruten website — in English.
- official 'Hurtigruten website — in Norwegian.