Disko Line A/S is a passenger, freight and tourism ferry line in western Greenland.[1] It was founded in 2004[2] as a small freight company. Disko Line is Part of Topas Explorer Group[3]

Disko Line A/S
Company typeAktieselskab
IndustryTransport
Founded2004
HeadquartersIlulissat, Greenland
Area served
Disko Bay, Greenland
Key people
Ole Dorph
ProductsCoastal trade and passenger ferry
ParentTopas Travel (partial)
Websitediskoline.gl

Complementary transport services

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Diskoline headquarters in Ilulissat

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

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As of 2010, Diskoline operates 7 ships[4] able to carry between 10 and 60 passengers.[2] Routes served:[5]

Image Vessel Capacity Routes
Najaaraq Ittuk 60 IlulissatAasiaatQeqertarsuaq
Ilulissat − Qeqertarsuaq
Ilulissat − Qeqertarsuaq − Aasiaat
Ilulissat − Qasigiannguit − Aasiaat − Qeqertarsuaq
Ilulissat − Uummannaq
 
Aleqa Ittuk 36 Ilulissat − Ilimanaq
Ilulissat − OqaatsutQeqertaqSaqqaq
 
Aviaq Ittuk 36 Aasiaat − KangaatsiaqAttuIginniarfikIkerasaarsukNiaqornaarsuk
Aasiaat − AkunnaaqIkamiut − Qasigiannguit
Aasiaat − Kitsissuarsuit − Qeqertarsuaq
Aasiaat − Kangaatsiaq
Aasiaat − Ikamiut − Qasigiannguit − Ilulissat
 
Sapangaq 36
Nanuaaraq 23 Ilulissat − Ilimanaq − Qasigiannguit
Ilulissat − Oqaatsut − Qeqertaq − Saqqaq
Ilulissat − Qeqertarsuaq
Nanoq 12
Ulu 10

Connections to regions in northwestern Greenland

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The port in Ilulissat 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[6]−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.[7]

As of 2010 transport services between Upernavik Archipelago and the Uummannaq Fjord region are provided by infrequent cargo/ferry ships of Royal Arctic Line,[8] and by Air Greenland via Upernavik Airport, Uummannaq Heliport, and the transfer point at Qaarsut Airport.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Diskoline
  2. ^ a b Diskoline, About
  3. ^ "Topas Explorer Group - Unique adventures in remote parts of the globe". Topas Explorer Group (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  4. ^ Diskoline, Fleet Archived 2009-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Diskoline, Schedule Archived May 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "inforMARE". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  7. ^ "Diskoline interesseret i Uummannaq-Upernavik skibstrafik, men Hjemmestyret afviser". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (in Danish). 20 July 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ RAL, Vestlandia schedule Archived 2011-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  9. ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.