Molslinjen

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Molslinjen
Company typeAktieselskab
Founded1964; 62 years ago (1964)
HeadquartersAarhus, Denmark
Area served
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Germany
Key people
Carsten Jensen, CEO
ServicesPassenger transportation, Freight transportation

Molslinjen (previously Mols-Linien) is a Danish company that operates ferry services between Jutland and Zealand, and also services to Bornholm. In March 2017, the routes in the Kattegat were renamed to Molslinjen.

History

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Molslinjen was formed by DFDS in 1964 sailings commenced on 18 May 1966.[1]

A downturn in traffic following the 1973 oil crisis led Molslinjen into a pooling agreement with rival Grenaa-Hundested Linien in 1979.[2]

In 1984 DFDS sold Molslinjen and Grenaa-Hundested Linien to J. Lauritzen A/S. The company was sold 4 years later to Danish investment company DIFKO.

In 1999 Molslinjen merged with Scandlines subsidiary Cat-Link.

Scandlines sold its holding to the Clipper Group in 2008.

In July 2011, Molslinjen announced it was to terminate the Kalundborg – Aarhus route and sell the two vessels operating the route.[3]

Molslinjen terminated the Aarhus – Kalundborg route on 15 September 2011. Thereafter the route was operated by Kattegatruten until October 2013 and then suspended.

In 2016 Molslinjen won a 10-year public tender to operate ferry services to Bornholm, and operations started in September 2018 under the name Bornholmslinjen.

In 2018, the ferry routes of Alslinjen, Langelandslinjen, Samsølinjen and Fanølinjen became part of Molslinjen with the acquisition of Danske Færger.[4][5]

In January 2023, the Danish and Swedish competition regulators approved the sale of ForSea Ferries to Molslinjen for an undisclosed sum.[6]

In 2025, the company ordered three battery-electric Incat catamarans for the Kattegat route in 2028.[7][8]

Fleet

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Molslinjen catamarans

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Mols-Linien (11833843795).jpg Express 2 2013 2013 10,503 GT
File:20170710 Molslinjen Aarhus 10 (36005662232).jpg Express 3 2017 2017 10,842 GT Sailed from Incat shipyards in Tasmania, April 2017[9]
File:Express 4, Henderson, 2018 (01).jpg Express 4 2018 2018 10,500 GT Built by Austal in Western Australia.[10] Austal ships do not have the centre bow that characterises the previous solely Incat built fleet.

Bornholms-linjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Mols-Linien Katexpress (11834616506).jpg Express 1 2009 2012 10,503 GT catamaran
File:Rønne Havn asv2024-07 img5.jpg Hammershus 2018 2018 18,009 GT Operates on Rønne–Køge and Rønne–Sassnitz routes
File:Povl Anker Roenne 2017.JPG Poul Anker 1978 2016 12.131 GT Operates on Rønne–Køge and Rønne–Sassnitz routes
File:Express 5 IMO 9913286 F Baltic Sea 21-03-2025 (1).jpg Express 5 2022 2023 13,448 GT Cost €83.7 million, Austal ship. Carries 1,610 passengers and 450 cars.[11]

Øresundslinjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Öresundslinjen Helsingborg 20231110 0817 (cropped).jpg M/F Tycho Brahe 1991 2018 11.148 GT 1250 passengers

Battery-electric[12][13]

File:20221015 Forsea Aurora 0002 (52431359661).jpg M/F Aurora af Helsingborg 1992 2018 11.148 GT 1250 passengers

Battery-electric[14][15]

File:MS Hamlet.jpg M/F Hamlet 1997 10.067 GT 1000 passengers[16][17][18] Battery-electric
File:20190531 Fersea Mercandia IV Helsingor Helsingborg 0109 (47981219358).jpg M/F Mercandia IV 1989 4.296 GT 400 passengers

Replacement & Freight [19][20][21][22]

Langelandslinjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Langeland (11800526946).jpg M/F Langeland 2012 2012 4.500
File:Lolland 2012-03-05 JDohrn.jpg M/F Lolland 2012 2012 4.500

Fanølinjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Fanøfærgen Menja i 2011.jpg M/F Menja 1998 1998 751 runs on HVO Diesel[23]
File:Fenja ved færgelejet i Esbjerg.jpg M/F Fenja 1998 1998 751 runs on HVO Diesel[23]
File:Grotte (ship, 2021) in Esbjerg.jpg E/F Grotte 2021 2022 925 Battery-electric[24]

Samsølinjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Fynshav IMO 9183025 F Bojden 26-05-2022.jpg M/F Fynshav 1998 2015 3.380 Operates Samsølinjen full time, until the arrivel of M/F Tyrfing
M/F Tyrfing[25] 2025 2025 4.318 GT battery-electric[26]
launched in October 2024[27][28]

Alslinjen

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Frigg Sydfyen (11800019433).jpg M/F Frigg Sydfyen 1984 2015 1.676 Full time service, until the arrivel of M/F Nerthus
M/F Nerthus[25] 2025 2025 4.318 GT Battery-electric[26][29]

Former Ships

Image Name Built Enterered service Gross Tonnage Notes
File:Max mols.png Max Mols 1998 1999 5,617 GT sold in 2024[30]
File:Samsø i Storebælt.jpg M/F Samsø 2009 2014 4.630 Sold in 2025 [31]

Routes

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File:Mols-linien route map.svg
Molslinjen routes
File:Bornholmerfærgen route map.svg
Molslinjen's routes to/from Bornholm since 1 September 2018.

Molslinjen operates various routes around Denmark and surrounding countries, under a multitude of brand names.

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