Strandfaraskip Landsins

Strandfaraskip Landsins
legal form	State company
Seat	Tvøroyri , Faroe Islands
management	Hilmar Eliasen
Number of employees	210
Branch	Local public transport , freight transport
Website	www.ssl.fo

The Smyril ferry at its inauguration in 2005 in the port of Tvøroyri . This ferry operates the route between Tórshavn and Tvøroyri on Suðuroy . In the background the previous ferry.

Strandfaraskip Landsins (short: SSL , translation roughly: Landesküstenschifffahrt , often called Strandferðslan for short ) is the state regional transport company of the Faroe Islands based in Tvøroyri . It operates local public transport with ferries between the islands and with buses on the islands. The company still operates 5 trucks and other ship handling equipment in the ports of Tórshavn , Tvøroyri (Krambatangi ferry port) and Klaksvík . From 1984 to 1994 regional liner services were carried out with helicopters .

Strandfaraskip Landsins has a fleet of seven ferries: Ritan , Sam , Sildberin , Smyril , Spógvin , Teistin and Ternan .

overview

The Ternan ferry runs daily between Tórshavn and Nólsoy .

The Ternan was before operating the Northern Isles Tunnel and Vágartunnels for the ferry services between Eysturoy and Borðoy and between Streymoy and Vágar used. It now operates the busy route from Tórshavn to Nólsoy . Since the Ternan is a car ferry, it is now possible to take a car with you to the island - which, however, does not make sense due to the lack of adequate roads. Locals use the opportunity to use it to transport their purchases. A new ferry is already being planned for the Ternan , which is technically no longer in the best condition, also with car transport.

The ferry Dúgvan , which was also used between Eysturoy and Borðoy and was made obsolete by the North Island Tunnel, was decommissioned in 2006 and sold to Cape Verde . Instead, a bus is now driving there. Other former SSL ferries were the Másin (scrapped in 2012) and the Tróndur (sold to private customers, Faroese Coast Guard rescue ship , now scrapped). Since April 2, 2019, the Spógvin ( Whimbrel ), formerly Alpha Pilot , has been serving the Gamlarett - Hestur line in pure passenger traffic, the Teistin continues to run some tours for the transport of vehicles and larger freight.

In addition to the larger ferries mentioned, the Strandfaraskip Landsins timetable also includes the Jósup motorboat , which operates the route between Sørvágur and Mykines and which is owned by Sp / f Mykines in Sørvágur.

The Faroe Islands intercity bus routes (Bygdaleiðir) are operated by SSL.

The helicopter traffic, which was previously operated by Strandfaraskip Landsins, has now been taken over by Atlantic Airways . Strandfaraskip Landsins also owned the forwarding company Farmaleiðir, which has since been privatized and taken over in 2006 by Heri Thomsen, a subsidiary of Eimskip . In 2007 all activities of Heri Thomsen, Farmaleiðir and Faroe Ship (merged with Eimskip in 2004) were merged under the name Faroe Ship.

Lines

Ferry lines

The passenger ferry Ritan in the port of Hvannasund operates the line between Viðoy , Svínoy and Fugloy .

The Teistin ferry secures the connection between Gamlarætt on Streymoy and Skopun on Sandoy .

The Sildberin ferry in the port of Sandur serves the line from Sandoy to Skúvoy .

line	route	ferry	Route map
07th0	Tvøroyri - Tórshavn	Smyril
.36.	Sørvágur - Mykines	Jósup , owner: Sp / f Mykines
.56.	Klaksvík - Syðradalur	Sam
.58.	Hvannasund - Svínoy - Kirkja - Hattarvík	Ritan
.60.	Skopun - Gamlarætt	Teistin
.61.	Gamlarætt - Hestur	Spógvin (passengers only) Teistin (passengers and vehicles)
.66.	Sandur - Skúvoy	Sildberin
.90.	Tórshavn - Nólsoy	Ternan

Bus routes

Bus from Strandfaraskip Landsins in Porkeri

line	route
100	Tórshavn - Kollafjørður - Kvívík - Vestmanna
101	Tórshavn - Gamlarætt
200	Oyrarbakki - Eiði
201	Oyrarbakki - Eiði - Gjógv Oyrarbakki - Funningur - Gjógv
202	Oyrarbakki - Tjørnuvík
300	Tórshavn - Kollafjørður - Sandavágur - Miðvágur - Vágar Airport - Sørvágur
400	Klaksvík - Leirvík - Gøtudalur - Søldarfjørður - Skálabotnur - Oyrarbakki - Kollafjørður - Tórshavn
401	Toftir - Runavík - Skálabotnur - Tórshavn (Express Bus)
410	Fuglafjørður - Kambsdalur - Gøtudalur - Leirvík - Klaksvík
440	Selatrað - Strendur - Skála - Skálabotnur - Søldarfjørður - Runavík - Toftir
442	Glyvrar - Runavík - Rituvík - Æðuvík
480	Strendur - Skála - Skálabotnur
481	Skálabotnur - Hellur - Oyndarfjørður
485	Skálabotnur - Funningsfjørður
500	Klaksvík - Árnafjørður - Hvannasund - Viðareiði
504	Klaksvík - Haraldssund - Kunoy
506	Trøllanes - Mikladalur - Húsar - Syðradalur
600	Skálavík - Sandur - Inni í Dal - Skopun
601	Dalur - Húsavík - Sandur - Inni í Dal - Skopun
700	Sumba - Lopra - Vágur - Porkeri - Hov - Øravík - Ferjulegan - Tvøroyri
701	Fámjin - Øravík - Ferjulegan - Tvøroyri - Nes - Hvalba - Sandvík

Web links

Commons : Strandfaraskip Landsins  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Strandfaraskip Landsins with route network and timetables (Faroese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The Company. In: ssl.fo. Retrieved May 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Leiðsla. In: ssl.fo. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Faroese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Alment. In: ssl.fo. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Faroese). 
4. ^ M / S Ternan (1980). In: Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved June 27, 2010 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ Myndir: Nýggja Nólsoyarferjan 2015. In: portal.fo. Retrieved April 23, 2015 (Faroese). 
6. ^ M / S Schleswig-Holstein (1969). In: Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved June 27, 2010 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Tjaldur No. 61/62, members' magazine of the German-Faroese Circle of Friends
8. ↑ ^{a b} Company. In: mykines.fo. Sp / f Mykines, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on April 10, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Faroe Ship - History. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 27, 2010 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )