Diskoline
{{Short description|Ferry line in western Greenland}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Disko Line A/S
| logo =
| type = Aktieselskab
| foundation = 2004
| location = Ilulissat, Greenland
| key_people = Ole Dorph
| area_served = Disko Bay, Greenland
| industry = Transport
| products = Coastal trade and passenger ferry
| revenue =
| operating_income =
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| num_employees =
| parent = Topas Travel (partial)
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://diskoline.gl/ diskoline.gl]
| footnotes =
}}
Disko Line A/S is a passenger, freight and tourism ferry line in western Greenland.[http://diskoline.gl/index.php Diskoline] It was founded in 2004Diskoline, [http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=contact About] as a small freight company. Disko Line is Part of Topas Explorer Group{{Cite web |title=Topas Explorer Group - Unique adventures in remote parts of the globe |url=https://topasexplorergroup.com/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Topas Explorer Group |language=da-DK}}
Complementary transport services
Diskoline provides sea transport services on contract with the Government of Greenland, serving towns and settlements of the Disko Bay region in western Greenland, from Aasiaat Archipelago in the south, through Disko Island and southern Nuussuaq Peninsula in the north, to the eastern coast of Disko Bay in the east. The routes are operated during spring, summer, and fall, when the bay is navigable, complementing the air connections operated by Air Greenland during winter, also on governmental contract. The line also provides various tourist charter services in the region.
Diskoline fleet
As of 2022, Diskoline operates 16 ships{{Cite web |date= |title=Flåde - Disko Line Greenland |url=https://www.diskoline.dk/da/side/fl%C3%A5de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206180422/https://www.diskoline.dk/da/side/fl%C3%A5de |archive-date=2022-12-06 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=diskoline.dk}} able to carry between 10 and 60 passengers. Routes served:Diskoline, [http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=schedule Schedule] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522055345/http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=schedule |date=May 22, 2009 }}
| class="wikitable"
! width="10"|Image !! Vessel !! Capacity !! Routes | |||
| rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" | Najaaraq Ittuk | rowspan="5" | 60 | Ilulissat − Aasiaat − Qeqertarsuaq |
| Ilulissat − Qeqertarsuaq | |||
| Ilulissat − Qeqertarsuaq − Aasiaat | |||
| Ilulissat − Qasigiannguit − Aasiaat − Qeqertarsuaq | |||
| Ilulissat − Uummannaq | |||
| rowspan="2" | File: 18-03-26 ALEQA ITTUK - MMSI 331011000 17-09-03.jpg | rowspan="2" | Aleqa Ittuk | rowspan="2" | 36 | Ilulissat − Ilimanaq |
| Ilulissat − Oqaatsut − Qeqertaq − Saqqaq | |||
| rowspan="5" | File:17-12-11 AVIAQ ITTUK MMSI 331010000 17-09-06.jpg | rowspan="5" | Aviaq Ittuk | rowspan="5" | 36 | Aasiaat − Kangaatsiaq − Attu − Iginniarfik − Ikerasaarsuk − Niaqornaarsuk |
| Aasiaat − Akunnaaq − Ikamiut − Qasigiannguit | |||
| Aasiaat − Kitsissuarsuit − Qeqertarsuaq | |||
| Aasiaat − Kangaatsiaq | |||
| Aasiaat − Ikamiut − Qasigiannguit − Ilulissat | |||
| File:17-12-11 SAPANGAQ MMSI 331000069 17-08-28.jpg | Sapangaq | 36 | | |
| | Nanoq | 12 | | | |
| | Ulu | 10 | | | |
| |Ukaleq
|12 | | |||
| File:18-05-03 Diskoline Targa 37 AMAROQ 17-08-30.jpg | Amaroq | 12 | | |
| |Aarluk
|12 | | |||
| |Sulisoq
|12 | | |||
| |Arfivik
|12 | | |||
| |Niisa
|12 | | |||
| |Mikisoq
|5 | | |||
| |Ice Force V
|12 | | |||
| |Nilak
|12 | | |||
| |Iluliaq
|12 | |
Connections to regions in northwestern Greenland
File:Ilulissat-port.jpg is one of two home ports for Diskoline, alongside Aasiaat port.]]
Diskoline is the only passenger line linking Disko Bay with Uummannaq in the Uummannaq Fjord region after the Arctic Umiaq Line sold M/S Sarpik Ittuk, one of its two large passenger ships, in 2006{{Cite web |url=http://www.informare.it/news/review/2006/b221106.asp |title=inforMARE |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722035449/http://www.informare.it/news/review/2006/b221106.asp |url-status=dead }}−leaving the regions without a maritime connection.
Extension of the service from Uummannaq to Upernavik was studied in 2007, however in light of the DKK 13 mln subsidy from the government required to make the route operating at a break-even level, the subsidy was refused, and the plans were scrapped.{{cite news |url=http://knr.gl/index.php?id=297&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1183255200&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=3&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=24620&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=844&cHash=15ecc0fca1 |title=Diskoline interesseret i Uummannaq-Upernavik skibstrafik, men Hjemmestyret afviser |work=Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa |language=Danish |date=20 July 2007 |accessdate=17 May 2010}}
As of 2010 transport services between Upernavik Archipelago and the Uummannaq Fjord region are provided by infrequent cargo/ferry ships of Royal Arctic Line,[http://129.35.38.254/PGM/sejlpskvcl.pgm?1+VES+XXXXXXX RAL, Vestlandia schedule] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703033835/http://129.35.38.254/PGM/sejlpskvcl.pgm?1+VES+XXXXXXX |date=2011-07-03 }} {{in lang|da}} and by Air Greenland via Upernavik Airport, Uummannaq Heliport, and the transfer point at Qaarsut Airport.{{cite web |url=http://book.airgreenland.com/ |publisher=Air Greenland |title=Booking system |accessdate=16 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/ |archivedate=22 April 2010 }}
References
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