Molslinjen


Molslinjen is a Danish company that operates ferry services between Jutland and Zealand, and also services to Bornholm. In March 2017, the division operating the routes in the Kattegat was renamed to Molslinjen.

History

Mols-Linien was formed by DFDS in 1964 sailings commenced on 18 May 1966.
A downturn in traffic following the 1973 oil crisis led Mols-Linien into a pooling agreement with rival Grenaa-Hundested Linien in 1979.
In 1984 DFDS sold Mols-Linien and Grenaa-Hundested Linien to J. Lauritzen A/S. The company was sold 4 years later to Danish investment company DIFKO.
In 1999 Mols-Linien merged with Scandlines subsidiary Cat-Link.
Scandlines sold its holding to the Clipper Group in 2008.
In July 2011, Mols-Linien announced it was to terminate the Kalundborg – Aarhus route and sell the two vessels operating the route.
Mols-Linien terminated the Aarhus – Kalundborg route on 15 September 2011. Thereafter the route was operated by Kattegatruten until October 2013 and then suspended.
In 2016 Mols-Linien won a 10-year public tender to operate ferry services to Bornholm, and operations started in September 2018 under the name Bornholmslinjen. In 2017, the routes in the Kattegat operated under the new name Molslinjen.
In 2018, the ferry routes of Alslinjen, Langelandslinjen, Samsølinjen and Fanølinjen became part of Molslinjen with the acquisition of Danske Færger.
In January 2023, the Danish and Swedish competition regulators approved the sale of ForSea Ferries to Molslinjen for an undisclosed sum.
In 2025, the company ordered three battery-electric Incat catamarans for the Kattegat route in 2028.

Fleet

Molslinjen catamarans
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
Express 220132013Built by Incat shipyards in Tasmania
Express 320172017Built by Incat, first sailed April 2017
Express 420182018Built by Austal in Western Australia. Austal ships do not have the centre bow that characterises the previous solely Incat built catamarans.

Bornholms-linjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
Express 120092012Built by Incat
Hammershus20182018Operates on Rønne–Køge and Rønne–Sassnitz routes
Poul Anker19782016Operates on Rønne–Køge and Rønne–Sassnitz routes
Express 52022202313,448 GTBuilt by Austal, cost €83.7 million. Carries 1,610 passengers and 450 cars.

Øresundslinjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
M/F Tycho Brahe1991201811.148 GT1250 passengers
Battery-electric
M/F Aurora af Helsingborg1992201811.148 GT1250 passengers
Battery-electric
M/F Hamlet199710.067 GT1000 passengers Battery-electric
M/F Mercandia IV19894.296 GT400 passengers
Replacement & Freight

Langelandslinjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
M/F Langeland201220124.500
M/F Lolland201220124.500

Fanølinjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
M/F Menja19981998751runs on HVO Diesel
M/F Fenja19981998751runs on HVO Diesel
E/F Grotte20212022925Battery-electric

Samsølinjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
M/F Tyrfing202520264.318 GTbattery-electric
launched in October 2024
M/F Fynshav199820153.380Laid up in Fåborg

Alslinjen
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
M/F Nerthus202520254.318 GTBattery-electric
M/F Frigg Sydfyen198420151.676Laid up in Fåborg

Former Ships
ImageNameBuiltEnterered serviceGross TonnageNotes
Max Mols19981999Sold in 2024
M/F Samsø200920144.630Sold in 2025

Routes

As of February 2023, Molslinjen operates the following routes around Denmark and surrounding countries, under a multitude of brand names: