Mols-Linien
Mols - Linien A / S is a Danish shipping company, which was founded in 1963 and operates commercial ferry service in the Kattegat. Currently, the shipping company operates fast ferry connections on the routes Odden -Aarhus and Odden - Ebeltoft. By September 2011, the ferry and freight route Kalundborg -Aarhus was served.
History
In 1964, Mols-Linien has been a subsidiary of DFDS and remained until 1984 in their possession, then the company was sold to the shipping company J. Lauritzen. In 1988 Difko the shipping company in the form of blocks of shares that have been acquired mainly by employees. Following the establishment of the Storebæltsverbindung and the need to consolidate the company was transformed in 1994 into a public limited company listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. In 1998, Mols-Linien competitors Cat -Link, who had until then the route Kalundborg -Aarhus operated by catamaran ferries. A year later, the tasks of the DSB and the shipping company Scandlines were taken in the Kattegat. Previously, only the route Odden - Ebeltoft was busy.
For a long time there was a solid ferry service between Jutland and Zealand. By 1874 DFDS opened a connection between Aarhus and Kalundborg with passenger steamships, and in 1934 took Grenaa - Hundested lines between the ferry Djursland and North Zealand on. This line got 1964 competition by Juelsminde Kalundborg ferry lines with the " Julle " and " Kalle ", and two years later took Mols-Linien operation between Ebeltoft and Odden on. Mols-Linien was built by DFDS, which had issued in 1960, the line between Aarhus and Kalundborg on the DSB.
With the oil crisis of the early 1970s, the volume of traffic fell on all routes, so that the Grenaa - Hundested and Juelsminde Kalundborg line that had 1970 on the company Jydsk Færgefart ( Jütländische ferry ride ) joined forces in 1979 collaborated with Mols-Linien, which meant that only one ship between Grenå and Hundested wrong. As of 1983, there were no passengers between Juelsminde Kalundborg and more, and in 1996 the link between Grenå and Hundested was also halted.
In September 2011, the route Aarhus Kalundborg was acquired by the Company Kattegat rods Flensburg Fjord cruise line cruise industry; in the course of the two combi ferries Maren Mols and Mette Mols sold. In October 2013, the ferry Aarhus Kalundborg was then adjusted by the acquiring shipping company.
Current situation
The company is held by a group of shareholders, of which 30 % is held by Clipper Ferry Invest A / S for the largest share. The remaining shareholders are Rudersdal A / S ( 16.9 %), Figaro share Invest ApS ( 15.64 %), the real estate company Øresundshøj A / S ( 14.15% ) and the Hans -Henrik Palm Holding ApS (7, 63%)
In 2010, Mols-Linien transported 2,039,687 passengers, 757,823 cars and 251,714 trucks. In the same year, the shipping company had a turnover of 653 million Danish kroner and employed approximately 500 employees.
Current fleet
The fleet now consists of four ferries, these include the two fast ferries May Mols and Mie Mols (120 cars, 450 passengers, 33,000 hp, gas turbines, Speed: 45 knots ) and the Incat catamaran fast ferry Max Mols (220 cars, 800 passengers, 38 480 hp speed: 38 knots ). Both ferries need 45 minutes for the distance from Odden to Ebeltoft and 65 minutes for the connection between Odden and Aarhus. In spring 2012, was taken on the route Odden - Ebeltoft with the 112 m long Norman Arrow the largest fast ferry, the shipping company in operation. The 36 -knot ship can accommodate 417 cars, 1,200 passengers and up to six buses .. The Mie Mols was scrapped in November 2013 in Frederikshavn.