Actually, the ferry system in Norway is largely ruined by the tendering. Look to the modern ferries that has been rendered obsolete, somebody paid for them and yes, it was the taxpayers.Norway is really very positive, modern and far in front of other countries with the tendering-system for the fjord-crossing-ferries and island-ferries.
20 januar går "Selbjørnsfjord" nordover til Harstad, mannskapet er kommet til Trondheim for klargjøre henne til reisen.
"Vannes" har destinasjon Leirvik Sogn, er det klargjøring til sitt nye samband?Hva skjer med Olav Duun? Ligget stille på Lund siden i 12 tiden. Lysingen går mellom Hofles - Geisnes.
Ser også at Vannes er på vei sørover.
Ja, skal bygges om for å tilfredstille krav til fartsområde 3, og øke PBE fra 50 til 60."Vannes" har destinasjon Leirvik Sogn, er det klargjøring til sitt nye samband?
It must be convenient to sit in Spain and voice all those oblivious views, even when having facts spelled out for you by people actually living in the country. Do you think it seems safe to travel with a ferry with a 2 person crew? Who will try in vain to save the passengers in the case of emergency?"the ferry system in Norway is largely ruined by the tendering"
Mhmmm, the question is - what is a best possible ferry-system for fjords and islands ?
I try it:
- so many departures as possible per day for maximum flexibility
- operation-times daily minimum from ca. 5:00/6:00 to ca. 24:00
- crew so small as possible for to hold the costs down and ticket-prices low
- modern comfortable and not with too slow speed operating ferries
- shortest turnaround-times, highest efficiency
- 100% electric or H2 propulsion
And if i compare this with other countries (ok, Calmac is the worldwide most worriest - i know no bigger ferry-scandal than all these things around Calmac, CMAL, Translort Scotland and Fergusson Marine) the norwegian system seems to be one of the best. But sure could many things be much better than today and not everything is perfect. Maybe some small changes in the tendering-system could help, f.ex. that the new winning company have to buy a modern young ferry from the loosing company for a price decided from neutral experts. And more options, f.ex. tendering with new ferries for 10 years - and if there was no bigger problems the ferry-company can continue operating further 10 years. I think that some contracts are too short - only for a few years is too less. And sure a minimum of bureaucracy and so less as possible of taxpayers money needed is the best.
But council-own ferry-companies can normally not operate with lower costs than private companies.
The state should only be responsable for police, judges, customs etc. - nearly all other things can be organisized with private companies - maybe in special cases "on behalf" of a council-own organsitation.
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Are there no norwegian ferry-routes which are/could operating with profit ? So that they don`t need state-subsidies ? F.ex. on the E6 or E39 ? Or Horten-Moss ? There are so many customers on the bigger domestic routes, if the crew of modernst ferries is very small (1, 2, 3 persons only with highest grade of automatisation) and with electric engines it must be possible normally to operate these bigger routes with profit ?
Obviously, in your world, the customers and stakeholders are the only ones who really matter - it seems you have little regard for the working man or ship safety. As for the latter, it is clearly grounded in a lack of maritime knowledge. If you had any, you would surely never approve of crew downsizing and automation to achieve so.I (am not spanish but living there more than ca. 9 month every year) have tested personally ca. 93, 94 or 95% of all small ferries to islands (up to the North-Cape) or crossing Fjords, lakes, rivers etc. in Norway, Sweden, Aaland, Finland and Germany, furthermore Scotland, Canada etc. in the last circa 35 years personally with car. So i generally know about what i am talking.
Especially in Sweden, Aaland, Germany and Finland are many many ferries in 1-man operation since decades - and i have never had an unsafe feeling. It is the same as with buses, coaches, trains, smaller airplanes etc. - there is only 1 driver also - and a high grade of automatisation or manuell help as a strong cable from both sides.
F.ex. in trains and trans the driver has to press all 30 seconds a "dead-man-button" - if not - the train is automatically stopping. Similar system is also possible on ferries, f.ex. that an anchor is falling down then directly. Like an autopilot in airplanes the ferry-driver of a modern small ferry press only the start-button - than the complete trip is operating 100% automatically - including automooring, autocharging etc. . The driver has some video-screens and all under control - but the crossing goes automatically.
Because of the always rising up salaries of staff, crew, workers etc. automatisation for to reduce the number of working people onboard and in ports so much as possible is the future.
Is also in all other businesses similar - as f.ex. big (car-)factory halls with mostly robots working or supermarkets without cashier.
Similar as these former jobs (petrol-service, tram-cashier, metro-driver, 3rd man in cockpit) are today away
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a lot of jobs around and onboard of ferries will be in the future away, f.ex. also all "mooring-people".
Then the point of view is different:
Crewmembers has other wishes than ferry-customers and tax-payers.
So if you think that the 80ies and 90ies was better on/with norwegian ferries - full ok.
And sure not everything in the today norwegian-ferry-system is perfect - but i have another opinion and think that it is much better than in the past - and much better - and cheaper also - than it would be with state-owned ferry-companies.
"Vannes" har destinasjon Leirvik Sogn, er det klargjøring til sitt nye samband?
Den er på tur nordover nå"Selbjørnsfjord" hadde en runde i Trondheimsfjorden i går, når skal den nordover?
Blir Lifjord, Fjord1 søker nå mannskap til sommeren.Bli spennende å se hvilken ferje Fjord1 stiller med her. Står 60PBE i sakspapirene til fylket. Det har jo ikke Fjord1 i Hordaland. Står og at det er reserveferge. Gulen er vel nærmest i størrelse.
To ferjer om sommaren
Til sommaren vil det gå to ferjer på ferjesambandet mellom Jondal og Tørvikbygd. Fleirtalskoalisjonen i fylkestinget (Ap, SV, Sp, MDG, KrF, V) løyver pengar til ei ekstra ferje i fire månadar. Ferjesambandet har auke i passasjertal kvart år. Om sommaren har det vore kaos grunna mange reisande...www.nrk.no
Lifjord er reserve for en god del samband.. Så da kan det fort bli 1 ferge på Jondal-Tørvikbygd.Blir Lifjord, Fjord1 søker nå mannskap til sommeren.