MF Tysnes

MF Tysnes is a Norwegian car and passenger ferry in operation in Hardangerfjord since 1970.[2]

Tysnes at Utne in 2009
History
Norway
Name: Tysnes
Namesake: Tysnes
Owner:
Port of registry: Bergen
Builder: Haugesund Slip AS, Haugesund
Launched: 1970
Identification:
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics [1]
Type: Car/passenger ferry
Tonnage: 534 GT
Length: 60 m (196 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 162 passengers
  • 25 vehicles

Ship history

The vessel was built by Haugesund Slip AS in Haugesund in 1970 for the Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap ("Hardanger-Sunnhordland Steamship Company"). Since then it has operated almost entirely between the villages of Kinsarvik, Utne and Kvanndal. In 2006 HSD merged with Gaia Trafikk forming a new company called Tide. The company ferry section changed its name to Norled in 2012.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Tysnes Details and Position". marinetraffic.com. 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. Langes, W. (2003). "FjordfÀhren in Norwegen ("Ferries in Norway")". fjordfaehren.de. Retrieved 22 August 2012. (in German and Norwegian)



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