bastø fosen as is a shipping company that operates the moss–horten ferry, the most trafficked ferry route in norway. the company, which operates the three ferries mf "bastø i", mf "bastø ii" and mf "bastø iii", carried 1.3 million cars and 2.5 million passengers in 2006. the crossing takes 30 minutes, and the ferries provide two departures per hour throughout the day in each direction, with reduced schedules on the weekends.