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STAVANGER -Skip og forbindelser i et historisk perspektiv

M/S "Jupiter" er det 3. skipet i navnerekken av fartøy som har båret navnet. Alle fartøyene har tjent rutenettet over Nordsjøen på Newcastle.

Forbindelsene mellom Stavanger og Norøstre deler av Storbrittannia er tradisjonelt svært sterke. Dette medfører selvsagt at dette også gjenspeiler seg på det transportbehov, og derved tilbud som finnes på reisestrekningene over Nordsjøen.

Stavanger er faktisk den byen, av alle Norske byer, som har de aller sterkeste bånd med Storbrittannia. Halvparten av alle de internasjonale flygninger som trafikkerer Stavanger's Lufthavn, Sola går direkte til byer i Storbrittania. Det er hhv. 7 daglige flygninger på Aberdeen, 3 på Newcastle samt en daglig direkteflygning på London's Heahtrow.

Flygningene kommer i tillegg til skipsforbindelsen mellom Stavanger-Newcastle som M/S "Jupiter" idag betjener. M/S "Jupiter" seiler også innom Bergen og Haugesund og utgjør dermed et transporttilbud fra hele Sør-/Vestlandet mot Storbrittannia. Stavanger betjenes både direkte inn- og ut på alle seilinger så langt det lar seg gjøre. M/S "Jupiter" krysser Nordsjøen 2-3 ganger ukentlig avhenig av sesong.

Historisk sett er båndene og faktisk dermed også transporttilbud melloom Storbrittannia og Stavanger sterkt. Proseneter av Stavangers befolkning er til enhver tid, Britiske statsborgere.

Vikingene og Normannerne har lagt sitt preg på især de Nord-Østre deler av Brittannia. Allerede fra Vikingspipenes tid, Langskipenes tid etter Kristningen av Norge har det faktisk vært regelmessige avganger mellom regionene på begge sider av Nordsjøen. Byer som Sunderland ('Sønderland') er grunnlagt av Nordmenn fra Stavanger Regionen. Norske Konger med beskjedne navn som "Knut den Allmektige" og "Harald I Harefot" har i sin tid regjert England.

Stavanger-Newcastle, fartøy etter den 2. verdenskrig:

M/S "Venus" (I)*1  Bergenske Damskibsselskap

M/S "Leda"*1  Bergenske Damskibsselskap

M/S "Venus"*2  (II), Fred. Olsen/Bergenske - DFDS - Norway Lin

M/S "Jupiter"*3 (I), Fred. Olsen/Bergenske - DFDS - Norway Line

M/S "Borgen"*4, Fred. Olsen Line/Bergenske.

M/S "Blendheim"*5, Fred. Olsen/Bergenske

M/S "Venus" (III), Norway Line  -  Color Line.

M/S "Color Viking"/ "Jupiter" (III), Color Line - FjordLine

*1) Venus og Leda samseilte, et fartøy om gangen verkstedsopphold/cruise vinterstid.

*2) Het M/S "Black Prince" om vinteren, seilte cruise og tropiske frukter London (Harwich) - Kanariøyene/Madeira om vinteren.

*3) Het M/S "Black Watch" om vinteren, seilte cruise og tropiske frukter London (Harwich) - Kanariøyene/Madeira om vinteren.

*4) Seilte Amsterdam (Rotterdam) og Newcastle ruter om vinteren.

*5) Seilte cruise og tropiske frukter London (Harwich) - Kanariøyene/Madeira om vinteren.

Det er interessant å merke seg at Rederiene som trafikkerte rutene også stod som eiere av/i samtlige Norske flyselskap. Bergenske & Fred. Olsen i SAS og Wideroe, Fred. Olsen idag fremdeles i Sterling, Color Line i Color Air, Delvis samme eierskap også Norway Line, Norway Airlines. Historisk kjenner vi også slike paraleller ift. eks. Maersk's eier A.P.Møller, hvor behovet for flytjenester i seg selv er hoved-årsaken til flyselskapets eksistens, samt opprinnelig Braathens rederi som stod som eier av Braathens inntil nylig.

Nøkkelinfo.: M/S "Jupiter"

Bygget og levert av "Dubigeon", Normandie, Frankrike i 1975. Ombygget ved "Meyer Werft",
Tyskland i 1988/89. Lengde: 175,3 m. Bredde 22,0 m. Dypg: 5,85 m. Service-fart: 22 knop
Stabilisatorer: Sperry Fins. Lasteevne: Dwt 3.070 Tonnasje: 20.581 tonn
Lugarer: 420 Gjesteantall: 1250 Personbiler: 320 Vogntog: 47. (Kilde: FjordLine).

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NEWCASTLE

The Ships and Connections through History

The M/S "Jupiter" is the 3rd in a Line of "Jupiter"'s serving the Newcastle service. Connections between Stavanger and North-Eastern Parts of England are particullarely strong. Stavanger has the closest ties to the UK of any Cities in Norway.

These ties means that connections in the term of transport are also close nitt. Half of the International Schedueled flights from Stavanger are to the UK, Newcastle (3 daily), Aberdeen (7 daily) and London (1 daily). As the only town in Norway Stavanger has flights to Newcastle, this comes in addition to this ferry service wich also calls on Haugesund and Bergen to fill additional capacity.

The M/S "Jupiter" makes 2-3 weekly crossings to Newcastle, allways serving Stavanger directly on all crossings.

Historically the services and ties between Stavanger and the North-Eastern part of England have been very close-nit. Percentages of the population in Stavanger are in fact British Citizens. The Viking's and later the Normanns, formed many of the cities in the Northern Part of England. For instance, the City of Sunderland's name in itself is derived from Norwegian South (Sør/Sønder) and Land making up the name. Sunderland is of course situated directly South of Newcastle, on the Wear.

Under the Viking era, belive it or not, even then scheduled services excisted, taken over by the munks of Utstein Kloster (Clouster) when Norway became a Christian nation. Then, of course, England, still had some Norwegian King's, like the one with the modest name, King Knut the Allmighty and King Harald I Hearefott.

Naturaly, then, Stavanger, still today has these strong connections, maintained through modern communications.

The services between Stavanger and Newcastle have been served by a noumber of vessels. Post WW2 it's been the M/S "Venus" (I), and M/S "Leda", Bergenske Damskibsselskab, wich co-sailed the service. One of them beeing taken out for Cruise in Winter Season. From the middle of the 60's, Fred. Olsen and Bergenske co-operated, using the vessels M/S "Venus", M/S "Jupiter" and M/V "Blendheim" on services Stavanger-Newcastle and Stavanger-Rotterdam during the summer season, and re-naming the vessels M/S "Black Prince" (M/S "Venus") and M/S "Black Watch" (M/S "Jupiter"), halfing the noumber of beds by removing upper bunks, removing covering over indoor swimming pool (Used for Sleep-Arets during Summer Season) and using the car- and trailerdeck for the transportation of Excotic Fruits, combining Cruising and Gambling passengers on services to the Canary Islands during the winter season.

Latest of the Line of Vessels from Fred. Olsen and Bergenske included the M/V "Blendheim", wich is significantly larger than her sisterships. The Denmark-vessel M/F "Borgen" was used during the winter season, combining services to Amsterdam (Rotterdam) with services to Newcastle, renowned for beeing quite an auditious journey travelling her during winter-season.

The Shipping Line's operating the service are of course, like most shipping lines where also into airline business.  Bergenske and Fred. Olsen beeing major share-holders in SAS (And Fred. Olsen today owning Sterling). The following Line's where, for a few seasons DFDS Seaways of Denmark, using both the M/S "Jupiter" (I) and M/S "Venus" (II) for the service, sailing additionaly to Gothenburg (Göteborg) in Sweden as a lengthening of the service. Norway Line and Color Line where later followers, both having owners strongly into Airline Business. Color Line sold the Line with the ship (Then named "Color Viking") to Fjord Line, naming her the M/S "Jupiter" in the end of the 90's.

On the Airline side, the Shipping Company Braathens, have operated Stavanger-Newcastle. In addition to other airlines. Dan Air started the Stavanger-Newcastle service, later becomming a part of Dan-Air London, serving Manchester and London from Stavanger, in addition to Newcastle.

BEA later to become British Airways, served Stavanger for several years, through London Services.

The Services of Today

Today, all airline services between Stavanger and The UK are served by non UK airlines, both Norwegian and Wideroe serving Newcastle. Wideroe, Braathens on Aberdeen in addition to KLM Cityhopper also serving

Aberdeen, and of course, SAS serving London Heathrow. Surface services of today is M/S "Jupiter" operating the service the whole year round.  

Key Information M/S "Jupiter"

Built and delivered by "Dubigeon", Normandie, France in 1975. Rewamped and lengthened by Meyer Werft, Germany in 1988/89. Length: 175,3 m, Beam: 22,0 m. 5,85 m depthgoiing. Service Speed: 22 knots. Stabilizers: Sperry Fins. Carrying capacity: 3 070 tonnes dry weight. Tonnage: 20 581 tonnes. Cabins:  420, Passenger Capacity: 1 250 pax. Car-carrying capacity: 320 PBE. Trailer-carrying capacity: 47 full trailers. (Source: FjordLine).

M/S "Jupiter"

Informasjonen nedenfor er den offiseille informasjonen ifølge Skipsfartsregistereret NOR:

The Information below is the official register information on M/S "Jupiter"

Callsign: LHIV, Name: JUPITER
Ref: NOR, Generated: 04.09.02 23.31

06062 290794 1140 NOTIFICATION TO THE REGISTER
07541 011298 1525 Name of ship.......JUPITER
Homeport...........BERGEN
IMO no.............IMO 7360186
Builders name......DUBIGEON NORMANDIE SA
Yard number........142
Place built........NANTES
Where built........FRANCE
Year built.........1975
Previous reg.......DENMARK
Previous name......KING OF SCANDINAVIA
Annotations........OMBYGGET/FORLENGET V/MEYER WERFT
PAPENBURG - 1989
06921 310894 0900 TONNAGE CERTIFICATE
Document date......26.08.1994
Nationality........NORWAY
Type of ship.......RO/RO/PASSENGER SHIP
Material...........STEEL
Propulsion.........ENGINE
Length.............160.627 METERS
Breadth............22.000 METERS
Depth..............7.950 METERS
Max. length........175.200 METERS
Gross tonnage......20581.000
Net. tonnage.......10114.000
07540 011298 1525 NEW CERTIFICATE OF NATIONALITY
Cert. of. Nat......01.12.1998
07540 011298 1525 BILL OF SALE
OWNER..............FJORD LINE AS
Organization no.910310895
Address.........ROSENKRANTZG 3
5003 BERGEN
Mail address....PB 7250
5020 BERGEN
Nation..........NORWAY
07542 011298 1525 MORTGAGE
In favour of.......SPAREBANKEN ROGALAND
Organization no.937895321
Nation..........NORWAY
In favour of.......RÅDSTUPLASS 4 ASA
Organization no.910508423
Nation..........NORWAY
Last revised....00860/2001
In favour of.......SPAREBANKEN VEST
Organization no.832554332
In amount of.......NOK 250,000,000.00
Annotations........BERGENSBANKEN ASA ACTS AS AGENT.
SALE, MORTGAGE, ETC. FORBIDDEN
WITH CITED 1ST PRIORITY
07543 011298 1525 MORTGAGE
In favour of.......COLOR LINE ASA
Organization no.958815018
Nation..........NORWAY
In amount of.......NOK 45,000,000.00
Annotations........SALE, MORTGAGE, ETC. FORBIDDEN
WITH CITED PRIORITY
AFTER JOURNAL NO.:
7542/98