Arctic Umiaq Line

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Arctic Umiaq Line

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legal form A / S
founding 2006
Seat Nuuk , Greenland
Number of employees 42
sales 4.5 million DKK
Branch Shipping company
Website aul.gl

The Arctic Umiaq Line , or Arctic Umiaq for short , or AUL for short , is a passenger and freight shipping company in Greenland . The name Umiaq from the Kalaallisut language , which is spoken by around 50,000 people in Greenland and describes a large boat, has been incorporated into the name of the shipping company . The Arctic Umiaq Line is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Arctic Line .

history

Sarfaq Ittuk in the port of Ilulissat

The Arctic Umiaq Line was founded in 2006. The Arctic Umiaq Line was already making losses in 2007, and in the first nine months of 2009 the company carried fewer passengers than in the same period of the previous year.

commitment

Map of the Arctic Umiaq

The Sarfaq Ittuk , the shipping company's only ship, is in service from the end of April to the beginning of January. In 2010 the company had 40 employees who operate a ship on the Ilulissat - Narsaq route along the coast of West and Southwest Greenland.

Ports of call

The Sarfaq Ittuk calls at the following ports on her round trip along the coast.

Surname North latitude Hour run Note
Ilulissat 69 ° 13'12 " 0
Aasiaat 68 ° 42'35 ″ 04.30
Sisimiut 66 ° 56'20 ″ 16.00
Kangaamiut 65 ° 49'30 ″ 24.30
Maniitsoq 65 ° 25'00 ″ 28.30
Nuuk 64 ° 10'00 ″ 37.30 Two hours layover
Qeqertarsuatsiaat 63 ° 05'20 ″ 47.30
Paamiut 61 ° 59'40 ″ 54.30
Arsuk 61 ° 10'30 ″ 61.15
Qaqortoq 60 ° 43'20 ″ 70.00 to Narsaq through the Tunulliarfik fjord
Narsaq 60 ° 54'44 " 73.00 only in the summer months

Sarfaq Ittuk

The company's only ship at the moment is the Sarfaq Ittuk . The ship was built in 1992 at the Danish Ørskov Staalskibsværft in Frederikshavn and modernized in 2000 in the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdańska . The ship has a capacity of 249 passengers, with 52 two-bed cabins. There are also 145 simple loungers for a very short stay on the two lower decks. The Sarfaq Ittuk has a length of 72.80 meters.

Former ship

ex. Sarpik Ittuk , as Ocean Nova .

The Sarpik Ittuk , the traffic between the Upernavik Archipelago , the region around the Uummannaq Fjord and Disko Bay made sure was the Nova Cruising, a shipping company on the 2006 Bahamas sold. Disko Line has been calling Disko Bay since 2010 under a government contract, while the transport services between the Upernavik Archipelago and Uummannaq Fjord are ensured by occasional trips by cargo and ferry ships of the Royal Arctic Line .

photos

Web links

Commons : Arctic Umiaq Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Royal Arctic Line: Annual Report 2017. In: royalarcticline.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  2. Arctic Umiaq Line A / S , accessed January 2, 2018.
  3. Annual Report 2017 (page 18). In: royalarcticline.com. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  4. About us , accessed on January 3, 2018.
  5. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 27, 2020 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 3, 2018 (Danish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sermitsiaq.gl
  6. AUL for røde tal i 2009 (Danish) . In: Sermitsiaq (newspaper) , October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 28, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sermitsiaq.gl 
  7. Timetable . AUL, official website. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  8. Kystsejladsen stopper måske (Danish) . In: Sermitsiaq (newspaper) , March 16, 2010. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 4, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sermitsiaq.gl 
  9. ↑ Example timetable for the beginning of 2018 , accessed on January 3, 2018 (English).
  10. Vessel . AUL, Official Website. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  11. Arrival / departure . Royal Arctic Line . Archived from the original on July 3, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2018. (Danish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 129.35.38.254