Water transport services

Description

In this competition, tenderers were invited to submit tenders for three packages: — package 1: Ølhammeren — Seierstad — package 2: Hofles — Geisnes — Lund — package 3: Skei — Gutvik Package 1: The ferry service Ølhammeren — Seierstad is located in Namsos municipality and connects the Jøa island to the mainland. There are currently approx. 615 residents in Fosnes, of which ¾ reside at Jøa. With the exception of agriculture and forestry, there is no industry at Jøa. Jøa is therefore dependent on business traffic to the island for tradesman services and other business transport. This transport usually comes from Namsos, the closest urban area. There is also a good deal of traffic between Jøa (Seierstad) and the mainland (Ølhammeren) in connection with municipal services such as home-based services. The ferry service is currently an emergency connection with overnighting at Jøa. Package 2: The ferry service Hofles — Geisnes — Lund consists of two sub-connections. Hofles — Geisnes that connects Salsbruket with the rest of Nærøysund municipality, and Hofles — Lund that is the main connection over Folda and is the quickest way to/from Rørvik from the south via County Road 769. The alternative is to drive via Kolvereid — Høylandet and E6 at Grong (Gartland). Package 3: The ferry service Skei — Gutvik connects the municipality of Leka with the mainland and County Road 17 (Norwegian: Kystriksveien). The municipal centre of Leknes is located on Leka island. The primary industries are fish farming and agriculture. The seaward approach to the ferry quays and the placement of the ferry quays set stringent requirements for ferry size and manoeuvring. The ferries must i.a. carry out a U-turn toward the ferry quays with limited space in the seaward approach. See the Contract description in Part B, point 2.2. The connection is currently an emergency connection with overnighting at Leka. A fire engine and ambulance are stationed at Leka.