Teso
| NV Texels own Stoomboot Onderneming
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| legal form | NV |
| founding | 1907 |
| Seat | Den Hoorn / Texel , Netherlands |
| sales | 17,427,000 € ( 2006 ) |
| Branch | Ferry service |
| Website | www.teso.nl |
The TESO ( NV T Exel E strength S toom boat O nderneming) operates ferries for passengers and vehicles between the northern Dutch port of Den Helder and the island of Texel . The passage takes around 20 minutes between the two ports. Two ships are currently in use, the Texelstroom and the Dokter Wagemaker . Depending on the season, there are hourly or half-hourly trips in each direction.
history
A ferry company was founded in 1907 and registered as an NV on January 22, 1908, in order to provide the residents with a better connection to the mainland and to steer tourism in the direction of Texel.
Ports
From 1907 until the 1960s, Oudeschild was used as a ferry port on the east side of the island. Today Oudeschild is used almost exclusively as a fishing port and landing stage for private boats.
To shorten the passages, a new ferry port was built in 't Horntje on the southern tip of Texel in the 1960s . Since then, the TESO ships have been docking here.
Ferries
- De Dageraad (in service 1908–1934)
- Ada van Holland (built 1878/79 | in service 1907–1923)
- Marsdiep (1926 | 1956)
- Koningin Wilhelmina (1927 | 1960–1967)
- Dokter Wagemaker (1934 | 1963)
- Zeemeeuw (1936 | 1936–1947)
- Dokter Wagemaker (revised ship) (1937 | 1952)
- Voorwaarts (YOC 1937 | 1940–1967)
- De Dageraad (YOC 1955 | in service until 1965)
- Marsdiep ( double-end ferry for max. 750 passengers, built in 1963 | 1964–1991, scrapped in 2002)
- Texelstroom (double-end ferry for max. 750 passengers, built in 1966 | in service until 1991, scrapped in 2002)
- Molengat (double-end ferry for max. 1250 passengers, built 1979/1980 | in service until 2006)
- Schulpengat (double-end ferry for max. 1750 passengers, built in 1989/1990 | in service until September 2016)
- Dokter Wagemaker (double-ended ferry for max. 1750 passengers, built 2004/2005 | in service since 2006)
- Texelstroom (double-end ferry for max. 1750 passengers, built 2014/2016 | in service since September 2016)
Ferry times
- 't Horntje → Den Helder: every hour from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Den Helder → 't Horntje: every hour from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- On Sundays and public holidays, the first ferry leaves an hour or two hours later, depending on the season.
- During the main travel times, the ferries run every half hour.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.teso.nl/pdf/TESOJV2006.pdf ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
