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About Color Line

Color Line AS is Norway's largest and one of Europe's leading cruise and transport shipping companies, with about 2 340 man-years in four countries. Annual sales are around 4.7 billion NOK.


After a strategic reorganization in 2008, the company deploys a total of six ships on four routes linking seven ports in four countries; Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.


Color Line operates in the fields of passengers and goods, conference, hotel management, restaurants, retailing, entertainment and organized tour production. Color Line has in the period 2004 - 2008 invested 7.5 billion NOK in new ships and concepts.


The company's vision is to be the best cruise and transport company in Europe.

About Color Line

Facts about the company

Color Line represents more than one hundred years of continuous line of traffic between Norway and Europe. The company was established in 1990, based on the Kosmos-companies Jahre Line and Norway Line.

History

Color Line’s parent company, Color Group ASA (formerly Color Line ASA), was established in 1990. However, our roots in the ferry business go back over 100 years.

Color Lines organisation

Color Line’s four ferry services are operated by three line organizations based in Oslo, Sandefjord and Kristiansand. In addition the company has departmental offices in Larvik, Hirtshals, Kiel and Strömstad.

Color Line Offices in Norway

Oslo

Kristiansand
Departure point:
Color Line Terminalen, Hjortnes, 0250 Oslo		 Departure point:
Fergeterminalen, 4600 Kristiansand
Office:
Color Line, Postboks 1422 Vika, 0115 Oslo		 Office:
Color Line, Postboks 82, 4601 Kristiansand

Larvik

Sandefjord
Departure point:
Ferjeterminalen, 3255 Larvik. 		Departure point:
Fergeterminalen, Tollbugt. 5, N-3210 Sandefjord
Office:
Color Line, Postboks 2002, 3255 Larvik.		 Office:
Color Line, Postfach 2090, N-3202 Sandefjord