Disko Line

Disko Line A/S

Type	Aktieselskab
Industry	Transport
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.

Complementary transport services

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

As of 2010, Disko Line 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

The port in Ilulissat is one of two home ports for Disko Line, alongside Aasiaat port.

Disko Line 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

1. ^ Diskoline
2. ^ ^{a b} Disko Line, About
3. ^ Disko Line, Fleet
4. ^ Disko Line, Schedule
5. ^ inforMARE
6. ^ "Diskoline interesseret i Uummannaq-Upernavik skibstrafik, men Hjemmestyret afviser" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 20 July 2007. http://knr.gl/index.php?id=297&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1183255200&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=3&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=24620&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=844&cHash=15ecc0fca1. Retrieved 17 May 2010. 
7. ^ RAL, Vestlandia schedule (Danish)
8. ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. http://book.airgreenland.com/. Retrieved 16 May 2010.