Fjord1 Nordvestlandske

Fjord1 Nordvestlandske

Infobox Company
company_name = Fjord1 Nordvestlandske AS
company_
company_type = County owned
foundation = 2001
location = flagicon|Norway Florø, Norway
key_people = Olav Smørdal (CEO)
area_served = Norway
industry = Transport
products =
revenue = NOK 2,097 million (2005)
operating_income = NOK 34 million (2005)
net_income =
num_employees = 2,352 (2005)
parent = County of Sogn og Fjordane (59%)
County of Møre og Romsdal (41%)
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.fjord1.no www.fjord1.no]
footnotes =

Fjord1 Nordvestlandske is a Norwegian transport conglomerate, formed in 2001 by the merger of Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar and Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane. The company itself is a holding company for its numerous subsidiaries. Company headquarters are located in Florø; however, the headquarters of the important ferry division is located in Molde. The company has 75 ships, 394 buses and 147 trucks and transported 24 million passengers in 2005.

The company is one of the largest in the Norwegian transport sector. Its main assets are the two ferry companies MRF and Fylkesbaatane, which service the rugged and numerous fjords of Møre og Romsdal and Sogn og Fjordane. In addition, the company owns four local bus companies, including Fjord1 Buss Møre, Fjord1 Sogn Billag, Fjord1 Hallingdal Billag and Fjord1 Nordfjord-Ottadalen. It is also involved in numerous transport ventures within its two home counties, including a 66% ownership of Aukra Auto and a 49% ownership of Kystekspressen.

The company is owned by the county administrations in Sogn og Fjordane (59%) and Møre og Romsdal (41%). This fact, and the fact that the company headquarters were located in Sogn og Fjordane, has made the merger somewhat unpopular in Møre og Romsdal. 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.


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