Color Line
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Color Line AS is the largest cruiseferry liner operating on routes to and from Norway. The company is also one of the leading operators in Europe. Color Line provides transportation solutions for people and cargo, hotel accommodation, shopping, restaurants and entertainment. The company currently employs 3500 people in four countries.
Color Line main office is in Oslo, but the company also have offices in Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Sandefjord and Larvik in addition to international offices in Kiel, Fredrikshavn, Hirtshals and Strömstad.
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[edit] History
Color Line’s parent company, Color Group ASA was established in 1990 as a result of a merger between Jahre Line and Norway Line. The same year, Color Line took over Fred. Olsen Lines cruiseferry operations and then expanded its business further.
In October 1996 the company acquired Larvik Line, while Scandi Line joined the group in September 1998. The Color Hotel Skagen was also acquired in September 1998.
Color Line has roots in the ferry business that go back more than 100 years.
[edit] Ships and routes
- MS Color Fantasy (Oslo - Kiel)
- MS Kronprins Harald (Oslo - Kiel)
- MS Color Festival (Oslo - Fredrikshavn)
- MS Prinsesse Ragnhild (Bergen - Stavanger - Hirtshals)
- MS Christian IV (Kristiansand - Hirtshals)
- HSC Silvia Ana L (Kristiansand - Hirtshals)
- MS Peter Wessel (Larvik - Fredrikshavn)
- MS Color Traveller (Larvik - Hirtshals)
- MS Color Viking (Sandefjord - Strömstad)
- MS Bohus (Sandefjord - Strömstad)
[edit] Ships under construction
- MS Color Magic, 75027 tonnees (GRT). MS Color Fantasy's sistership. Expected delivery: 2007. Built by: Aker Finnyards
- Color Superspeed 1 (Working title), 33 500 tonnes (GRT). Expected delivery: 2007. Built by: Aker Finnyards
- Color Superspeed 2 (Working title), 33 500 tonnes (GRT). Expected delivery: 2008. Built by: Aker Finnyards
[edit] Key People
- Trond Kleivdal, Managing Director
- Elisabeth Anspach, Marketing Director
- Helge Otto Mathisen, Information Director
- Svein Sørensen, Technical Director
- Jan Kverneland, E-business Director
- Rolf Kjær, Project Director
- Knut Hals, Route Director Oslo-Hirtshals and Oslo-Kiel
- Terje Marcussen, Route Director Kristiandsand-Hirtshals
- Laila Valdal, Route Director Larvik-Fredrikshavn and Sandefjord-Strömstad
[edit] Gallery
MS Peter Wessel in the Larviksfjord |
MS Peter Wessel in Larvik |
MS Color Fantasy in Kiel from the air |
MS Color Fantasy in the Oslofjord |
[edit] External links
- colorline.com Company site
- The history of ferries operating to and from Kristiansand (in Norwegian)
- Jahre Line ferries, pictures - from Facts about ships (in Swedish)
- Larvik-Frederikshavn ferries, pictures - from Facts about ships (in Swedish)
- Scandi Line ferries, pictures - from Facts about ships (in Swedish)
- Color Line ferries, pictures - from Facts about ships (in Swedish)de:Color Line
