founded 2004 headquarters ilulissat greenland area served disko bay greenland key people ole dorph products coastal trade and passenger ferry parent topas travel partial website diskoline.gl disko line a s is a passenger and freight ferry line in western greenland . 1 it was founded in 2004 2 as a small freight company . contents 1 complementary transport services 2 fleet 3 connections to regions in northwestern greenland 4 references complementary transport services edit diskoline headquarters in ilulissat diskoline provides sea transport services on contract with the government of greenland serving towns and settlements of the disko bay region in western greenland from aasiaat archipelago in the south through disko island and southern nuussuaq peninsula in the north to the eastern coast of disko bay in the east . the routes are operated during spring summer and fall when the bay is navigable complementing the air connections operated by air greenland during winter also on governmental contract . the line also provides various tourist charter services in the region . fleet edit as of 2010 diskoline operates 7 ships 3 able to carry between 10 and 60 passengers . 2 routes served 4 vessel capacity routes najaaraq ittuk 60 ilulissat aasiaat qeqertarsuaq ilulissat qeqertarsuaq ilulissat qeqertarsuaq aasiaat ilulissat qasigiannguit aasiaat qeqertarsuaq ilulissat uummannaq aleqa ittuk 36 ilulissat ilimanaq ilulissat oqaatsut qeqertaq saqqaq aviaq ittuk 36 aasiaat kangaatsiaq attu iginniarfik ikerasaarsuk niaqornaarsuk aasiaat akunnaaq ikamiut qasigiannguit aasiaat kitsissuarsuit qeqertarsuaq aasiaat kangaatsiaq aasiaat ikamiut qasigiannguit ilulissat sapangaq 36 nanuaaraq 23 ilulissat ilimanaq qasigiannguit ilulissat oqaatsut qeqertaq saqqaq ilulissat qeqertarsuaq nanoq 12 ulu 10 connections to regions in northwestern greenland edit the port in ilulissat is one of two home ports for diskoline alongside aasiaat port . diskoline is the only passenger line linking disko bay with uummannaq in the uummannaq fjord region after arctic umiaq line sold m s sarpik ittuk one of its two large passenger ships in 2006 5 leaving the regions without a maritime connection . extension of the service from uummannaq to upernavik was studied in 2007 however in light of the dkk 13 mln subsidy from the government required to make the route operating at a break even level the subsidy was refused and the plans were scrapped . 6 as of 2010 transport services between upernavik archipelago and the uummannaq fjord region are provided by infrequent cargo ferry ships of royal arctic line 7 and by air greenland via upernavik airport uummannaq heliport and the transfer point at qaarsut airport . 8 references edit diskoline a b diskoline about diskoline fleet diskoline schedule informare diskoline interesseret i uummannaq upernavik skibstrafik men hjemmestyret afviser . kalaallit nunaata radioa in danish . 20 july 2007 . retrieved 17 may 2010 . ral vestlandia schedule danish 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