norway area served norway denmark key people ingvald fardal md services passenger transportation freight transportation number of employees 245 2010 parent bergen nordhordland rutelag website www.fjordline.no fjord line route map stavangerfjord old bergensfjord current oslofjord 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 . contents 1 history 2 routes 3 fleet 3.1 current fleet 3.2 past fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . routes edit fjord line operates routes between norway denmark and sweden . bergen stavanger hirtshals kristiansand hirtshals summer only hirtshals langesund sandefjord str mstad fleet edit current fleet edit fjord line currently operates four vessels . name built entered service tonnage note fjord cat 1998 2008 5 619 grt stavangerfjord 2013 2013 25 000 grt exclusively powered by liquified natural gas . bergensfjord 2014 2014 2 25 000 grt from january 2014 . sister of stavangerfjord . oslofjord 1993 2014 1993 2014 16 551 grt formally ran the hirtshals bergen stavanger service and was converted into a day ferry in 2014 and renamed oslofjord . past fleet edit name built in service tonnage fate ms lygra 1979 1997 2006 7 012 grt operates between usa and caribbean ms fjord norway 1986 2003 2006 31 356 grt sold to dfds as princess of norway ms jupiter 1975 1998 2005 12 348 grt operates as a cruise ship in vietnam references edit http archive.is 20120730004725 http www.faktaomfartyg.nu wellamo 1975.htm fjord line takes over ms bergensfjord norway . world maritime news . retrieved 4 february 2014 . external links edit fjordline web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fjord line & oldid 726572356 categories ferry companies of norway navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschnederlandsnorsk bokm l suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 01 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view