ForSea Ferries is a ferry company serving the route between

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, Sweden and

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, Denmark. Until 2018 the company was called HH-Ferries Group, and the trading name

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was used. The

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crosses the narrowest part of the

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, taking about 20 minutes to traverse the 4 km strait. The company owns five vessels, including the sister ships

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, Aurora af Helsingborg and Hamlet each of which has a capacity of 240 cars and 1250 passengers.Helsingborgs Dagblad. ''"Vi tog mer ström än hela Helsingör på en enda laddning – så mycket kraft handlar det om''.
Retrieved 10 February 2021. In 2018 the ferries Tycho Brahe and Aurora af Helsingborg were converted to battery power. They are completely emission-free when in battery mode, reducing their total CO₂ emissions by as much as 65%. In 2020 ForSea Ferries experienced a reduction of 80% in passenger numbers due to the

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. The number of departures was reduced and seventy staff were made redundant.Dagens Industri. ''Stora nedskärningar hos krisande rederiet – 70 anställda ska bort,''
Retrieved 10 February 2021.

History

ForSea Ferries was originally established in 1996 under the name "Sundbroen" ("The Sound Bridge") by the Danish shipowner Per Henriksen. It was sold in 1997 and changed name to HH-Ferries. In 2001 the company was sold again, this time to the Swedish business group Stena, operating under the

brand. ForSea Ferries has around 230 employees, both Danish and Swedish. After further cooperational deals, the company was suddenly owned by the same cooperation as former competitors

. In 2011 the competition on the

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finished with the larger eating the smaller, with the two ''Mercandias'', ''IV'' and ''VIII'' being added to the Scandlines-HH Ferries fleet. In 2018 HH-Ferries rebranded as ForSea Ferries as ''Aurora'' and ''Tycho Brahe'' were reintroduced into service as battery-electric vessels. Around the same time as the rebranding took place, ForSea decided to ditch the Scandlines branding in favour of creating a new, independent brand image which sought to distinguish ForSea as a cleaner and greener service compared to Scandlines.

Fleet

As of 2021, ForSea Ferries owns 5 vessels:

References

Det Maritime Danmark - HH-Ferries A/Stranslation

"About us", hhferries.dk

Mercandia IV

faergelejet.dk

ferry-site.dk

(with somewhat detailed history)

Mercandia VIII

faergelejet.dk

ferry-site.dk

Aurora af Helsingborg

Tycho Brahe

Hamlet

References

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External links

Official website
Ferry companies of Sweden Ferry companies of Denmark