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The value of both the new brand name "Tide", as well as the new logo have been subject to some debate. "Gaia" and "HSD" were both well-established trademarks, and two experts on trademarks stated that the replacement name and logo were too anonymous. Tide itself have argued that the name is positive
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in the company aimed at new owners which successfully raised approx. MNOK 300. Effective from Jan 1, 2008 Stavangerske AS was merged with Tide Sjø AS. The new company retained the Tide brand. Prior to this
Stavangerske and HSD had won several tenders throughout Norway through their 50/50
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As majority shareholder in Gaia, the city council in Bergen decided to vote in favour of the HSD-Gaia merger on June 19, 2006. The name "Tide" was presented on June 27. Just a day before the
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was proposed. This motion failed on
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AS, the ferry operating subsidiary of DSD. Jun 26, 2007 the Annual
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800 million. The company has 39 million passengers per year, of which 25 million are in Bergen. The company operates the only
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opposed the idea. The employees of both companies openly supported the idea in June 2006. Two other companies,
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452:"Mistillit mot byrådet nedstemt"
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402:"Byr på alle aksjene i Tide"
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437:"Transportfusjonen vedtatt"
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62:Headquarters
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34:Company type
931:Bastø Fosen
781:Pan Trafikk
660:Tinn Billag
650:Schaus Buss
584:Boreal Buss
383:from 2012.
282:service in
266:car ferries
151:www.tide.no
77:Area served
962:Categories
915:Boreal Sjø
746:Klæburuten
701:Bynesruten
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594:Norgesbuss
418:2017-06-21
387:References
290:, Sweden.
288:Landskrona
280:trolleybus
831:Tromsbuss
599:Tide Buss
377:Norferger
203:Hordaland
48:Transport
691:BorgBuss
412:Archived
337:, voted
316:Nettbuss
270:10 boats
237:Tide Sjø
215:Kolumbus
211:Rogaland
175:Vestland
171:Tide ASA
91:Services
44:Industry
669:Defunct
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609:Unibuss
339:against
147:Website
109:Revenue
85:Denmark
54:Founded
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925:Norled
920:Fjord1
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570:Norway
381:Norled
331:Arriva
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284:Norway
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183:merger
179:Norway
136:Parent
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