Fjord1


Fjord1 AS is a Norwegian transport conglomerate, one of the largest in the Norwegian transport sector. Formed in 2001, company headquarters are in Florø, with the headquarters of the ferry division in Molde. It operates a fleet of environmentally friendly vessels in the Norwegian fjords.
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Formation

Nordvestlandske was formed in 2001 by the merger of the county council-owned ferry companies Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar and Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane, becoming Fjord1 in December 2002. The fact that the merged company headquarters were located in Sogn og Fjordane made the merger unpopular in Møre og Romsdal county. The choice of name, Fjord1, was also not well-accepted among the local population. These strains on public relations, amongst other things, resulted in talks intended to further the merger process breaking down during the winter and spring of 2004.
Fjord1 AS was listed on the main list on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 15 August 2017. In 2021, US investment firm Vision Ridge Partners and Havila Holding, an investment company owned by the Sævik family, privatised the company, with each having 50% ownership.

Operations

The company is one of the largest in the Norwegian transport sector. A holding company with numerous subsidiaries, its main assets are the two ferry companies MRF and Fylkesbaatane, which serve the rugged and numerous fjords of Møre og Romsdal and Vestland counties. The company is involved in numerous transport ventures within its two home counties, including a 66% ownership of the bus company Aukra Auto, a 49% ownership of fast ferry company Kystekspressen and a 49% of Fjord1 Partner, that operates the Bergen Light Rail. It owned four local bus companies, including Fjord1 Buss Møre, Fjord1 Sogn Billag, Hallingdal Billag and Fjord1 Nordfjord-Ottadalen.
In 2005, the company had 75 ships, 394 buses and 147 trucks and transported 24 million passengers. A study by Siemens and the Bellona Foundation in 2016 identified that of Norway's 180 ferries on 112 ferry routes, 127 could feasibly be replaced with either fully electric or hybrid ferries. Fjord1 is transitioning to low- and zero-emission technology and introduced two fully electric ferries, and on the E39 Anda to Lote route in 2018. Between 2017 and 2021, Fjord1 put into service 26 new hybrid-battery ferries and converted a further eight vessels to hybrid-battery propulsion, so they had 34 hybrid battery vessels operating on 17 routes, approximately 43 per cent of its ferries. The 2019 Annual Report records 19.9 Million passengers and 9.9 million vehicles carried.
The group also operates in the tourism sector, through Fjord Tours Group and The Fjords.
nameyear builtpassenger capacityroute
MF Aukra1978245
MF Aurland1977146
MF Austrått2018195Brekstad - Valset
MF Bergensfjord2006589Mortavika - Arsvågen
MF Bjørnsund1979245Festvåg - Misten
MF Boknafjord2011589Mortavika - Arsvågen
MF Bolsøy1971345Geiranger - Hellesylt
MF Bømlafjord2020145Buavåg - Langevåg
MF Dalsfjord1986146
MF Davik2009196Askvoll - -
MF Driva1963146Arasvika - Hennset
MF Dryna2005146Brattvåg - Dryna
MF Edøyfjord2011146relief
MF Eid1978146Sæbø - Leknes
MF Eidsfjord2017345Anda - Lote
MF Eira2002297relief
MF Eresfjord2019295Sølsnes - Åfarnes
MF Fanafjord2007589laid up
MF Fannefjord2010390Drag - Kjøpsvik
MF Fedjebjørn2019145
MF Florøy2020295Ranavik - Skjersholmane
MF Geiranger1979245
MF Giskøy2019394Hareid - Sulesund
MF Gloppefjord2017345Anda - Lote
MF Glutra2000345Bognes - Skarberget
MF Grip2020395Seivika - Tømmervåg
MF Gulen1989295laid up
MF Hadarøy2018394Hareid - Sulesund
MF Harøy2006146relief
MF Hillefjord2019299Ranavik - Skjersholmane
MF Hjørundfjord2011292relief
MF Horgefjord2018295Hufthamar - Krokeide
MF Hornelen2016195Måløy - Husevågøy - Oldeide
MF Husavik2018146Husavik - Sandvikvåg
MF Ivar Aasen1997295Solholmen - Mordalsvågen
MF Julsund2004295Jektevik - - Hodnanes
MF Kommandøren2018296Halhjem - Våge
MF Korsfjord2010390Halsa - Kanestraum
MF Kvernes1976147Festøya - Hundeidvika
MF Lifjord2010346laid up
MF Losna2016196Rysjedalsvika - - - Krakhella
MF Lote2006438Bognes - Skarberget
MF Lærdal1997296Gjermundshamn - - Årsnes
MF Mastrafjord2007589Mortavika - Arsvågen
MF Moldefjord2009390Halsa - Kanestraum
MF Møkstrafjord2018295Hufthamar - Krokeide
MF Møringen2020195Sandvika - Edøya
MF Norangsfjord2010350Aukra - Hollingsholmen
MF Nordfjord2001146Askvoll - - Værlandet
MF Raunefjord2007589Mortavika - Arsvågen
MF Romsdal198873
MF Romsdalsfjord2010390Halsa - Kanestraum
MF Rovdehorn2019394Sykkylven - Magerholm
MF Rødvenfjord2021295Sølsnes - Åfarnes
MF Samlafjord2019295
MF Selje1987199Stårheim - Isane
MF Sildafjord2020299Gjermundshamn - - Årsnes
MF Skopphorn2019394Sykkylven - Magerholm
MF Smøla2020195Sandvika - Edøya
MF Sogn1982345relief
MF Sognefjord1984443relief
MF Solnør1977146relief
MF Solskjel1981198laid up
MF Stangvikfjord2020149Kvanne - Rykkjem
MF Stavangerfjord2007589Mortavika - Arsvågen
MF Stordal1979245
MF Storfjord2011292Leirvåg - Sløvåg
MF Sulafjord1986399relief
MF Suløy2019394Hareid - Sulesund
MF Sunnfjord1978194
MF Svanøy199289
MF Sykkylvsfjord1975146Stranda - Liabygda
MF Tustna2019394Seivika - Tømmervåg
MF Vestrått2018195Brekstad - Valset
MF Veøy1974345Geiranger - Hellesylt
MF Volda2002297Stranda - Liabygda
MF Vågsøy2009147Molde - Sekken
MF Årdal2008292Hatvik - Venjaneset
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MS Fjordglytt200081-
MS Sylvarnes200070-
MS Tansøy200794-
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