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.

Contents

1 History
2 Ships and routes
3 Ships under construction
4 Key People
5 Gallery
6 External links

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.

Ships and routes

MS Color Fantasy (Oslo - Kiel)
MS Kronprins Harald (Oslo - Kiel)
MS Color Festival (Oslo - Hirtshals)
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)

Ships under construction

MS Color Magic, 75027 tonnees (GRT). MS Color Fantasy's sistership. Expected delivery: 2007. Buildt by: Aker Finnyards
Color Superspeed 1 (Working title), 33 500 tonnes (GRT). Expected delivery: 2007. Buildt by: Aker Finnyards
Color Superspeed 2 (Working title), 33 500 tonnes (GRT). Expected delivery: 2008. Buildt by: Aker Finnyards

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

Gallery

Image:MS Peter Wessel i Larviksfjorden.jpg|MS Peter Wessel in the Larviksfjord Image:MS Peter Wessel til kai i Larvik.jpg|MS Peter Wessel in Larvik Image:KielerFaehrenLuftaufnahme.jpg|MS Color Fantasy in Kiel from the air Image:MS_Color_Fantasy_outbound_at_Horten.jpg|MS Color Fantasy in the Oslofjord

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)

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