Stavangerske

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Stavangerske AS
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Stavanger, Norway
Key people	Egil Nylund (CEO)
Area served	Rogaland, Norway
Industry	Transport
Parent	Det Stavangerske Dampskibselskab
Website	www.stavangerske.no

Stavangerske is a Norwegian ferry operator based in Stavanger. A subsidiary of Det Stavangerske Dampskibselskab (DSD), it operates car- and passenger ferries primarilly in Rogaland county. The companies ferries with less than 100 seats is operated by Fjordservice.

[edit] History

Stavangerske was created in 1990 as Rogaland Trafikkselskap to operate the domestic ferries of DSD. At the time the company had licences to operate all but one ferry in Rogaland. In 2002 Rogaland County Council created Kolumbus and it started a process with public service obligation contracts being awarded, resulting in Stavangerske loosing contracts to Torghatten Trafikkselskap, L. Rødne og Sønner and Fjord1. The company changed its name in 2003.

[edit] Routes

Car ferry routes as of 2007:

• Stavanger-Tau
• Lauvvik-Oanes
• Hjelmeland-Nesvik-Ombo
• Hanasand-Judaberg-Nedstrand-Jelsa
• Sand-Ropeid
• Mekjarvik-Kvitsøy-Skudeneshavn

Catemaran routes:

• Stavanger - Kvitsøy
• Stavanger - Strand - Finnøy
• Stavanger - Sand - Sauda
• Stavanger - Haugesund

Local routes:

• Stavanger - Lysebotn
• Stavanger - Fister