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

History

Ships and routes

Ships under construction

Former ships

Key People

Gallery

References

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

Ship	Built	Entered service	Route	Tonnage	Notes
MS ''Bohus''	1985	1971	Sandefjord—Strömstad	8772 GRT	ex-''Prisessan Desireé'', ''Europafärjan'', ''Europafärjan II'', ''Lion Princess''
MS ''Christian IV''	1982	1991	Kristiansand—Hirtshals	21699 GT	ex-''Olau Britannia'', ''Bayard''
MS ''Color Fantasy''	2004	2004	Oslo—Kiel	75027 GT	Largest cruiseferry in the world
MS ''Color Festival''	1985	1994	Oslo—Fredrikshavn	34694 GRT	ex-''Svea'', ''Silja Karneval''
MS ''Color Magic''	2007	2007	Oslo—Kiel	75027 GT	Sister ship to ''Color Fantasy''. Will enter service on September 17 2007.
MS ''Color Viking''	1985	2000	Sandefjord—Strömstad	19763 GRT	ex-''Peder Paars'', ''Stena Invicta''
MS ''Peter Wessel''	1981	1997	Larvik—Hirtshals	29706 GRT	ex-''Wasa Star''. Previous sailed for Larvik Line
MS ''Prinsesse Ragnhild''	1981	1991	Bergen—Stavanger—Hirtshals	35855 GRT	Built for Jahre Line
HSC ''Silvia Ana L''	1996	1997	Kristiansand—Hirtshals	7895 GRT

Ships under construction

Ship	Planned delivery date	Shipyard	Planned route	Projected tonnage
''Color Superspeed I''	December 2007	Aker Finnyards, Rauma	Kristiansand—Hirtshals	33500 GT
''Color Superspeed II''	April 2008	Aker Finnyards, Rauma	Larvik—Hirtshals	33500 GT

According to the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat, Color Line and Aker Finnyards are developing a design for a cruise ship based on the Color Fantasy -class, for possible delivery in 2010.^[1]

Former ships

Ship	Built	Years in service	Tonnage	Current status
MS ''Kronprins Harald''	1987	1991-2007	31122 GRT	Now MS ''Oscar Wilde'', currently being rebuilt for service with Irish Ferries
MS ''Jupiter''	1973	1991-1999	11344 GRT	Laid up in Nassau as MS ''Mirage I''
MS ''Skagen''	1975	1991-2005	12333 GRT	Now MS ''Sherazad'' for Arab Bridge Maritime Co.
MS ''Venus''	1974	1991-1994	8753 GRT	Now MS ''Cesme'' for Turkish Marmara Lines
MS ''Color Viking''	1975	1994-1998	20581 GRT	Now MS ''Jupiter'', owned by an unknown Panamian company.
HSC ''SeaCat Danmark''	1991	1996	3003 GT	Now HSC ''Pescara Jet'' for SNAV.
HSC ''SeaCat Norge''	1991	1996	3003 GT	Now HSC ''Sea Express 1'' for Isle of Man Steam Packet
MS ''Octagon 3''	1984	1996-1997	10243 GRT	Now MS ''Fast Independence'' for Independence Shipping Co. Ltd.
HSC ''Pegasus Two''	1997	1997-1998	3971 GT	Now HSC ''Queen Nefertiti'' for Arab Bridge Maritime Co.
MS ''Color Trader''	1977	1998	8454 GRT	Scrapped 2004
MS ''Feederman''	1972	1998	3166 GRT	Now MS ''Dorrah Jeddah'', owned by an unknown Saudiarabian company
MS ''Sandefjord''	1965	1999-2000	5678 GRT	Now MS ''Red Star I'' for North Bay Transportes Maritimos Ltd
MS ''Landi''	1976	1999	9079 GRT	Now MS ''Ammari'' for Ustica Lines
MS ''European Mariner''	1978	2002	1598 GRT	Now sails for Norse Island Ferries
MS ''Gute''	1979	2003	7616 GRT	Now sails for Baltic Scandinavian Lines
MS ''Calibur''	1976	2003	3642 GRT	Now sails for Ferryways
MS ''Color Traveller''	1981	2004-2006	17046 GRT	Now MS ''Thjelvar'' for Scandlines

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

References

1. Turun Sanomat article, 9. 8. 2006, retrieved 17. 8. 2007

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)