September 27, 2018
Møre og Romsdal county municipality has awarded the contract for the ferry connections Molde-Sekken, Solholmen-Mordalsvågen, Aukra-Hollingsholm and Sølsnes-Åfarnes, to Fjord1 ASA.
Characteristics of this Norwegian contract are:
- Ten years.
- Focus on environment with plug-in electric ferries.
- 1 January, 2020: start of Molde-Sekken, Solholmen-Mordalsvågen and Aukra-Hollingsholm.
- 1 January 2022: start of Sølsnes-Åfarnes. Two new ferries needed.
- The contract is worth NOK 2,260 billion.