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Police reduce coastal patrol

June 27, 2011

During the upcoming summer season, only two police boats will regularly patrol the 1500 km coastal stretch between Risør and Egersund on the southern...

Boat tourists protest local taxes

June 15, 2011

Foreign boat owners who sail into Norwegian harbours are unhappy about special Norwegian taxes and regulations that greatly restrict how much time they can...

Police: ‘No more beers on the fjord’

June 14, 2011

Norwegian police are cracking down on pleasure boat skippers who join their passengers in enjoying a beer or a glass of wine on the...

Taxman targets floating docks

August 6, 2010

Norwegian officials' never-ending search for new sources of tax revenue has now targeted the floating docks that bob in the waters all around the...

Police beef up boating patrols

June 14, 2010

Oslo police are making life difficult for both reckless skippers and potential boat thieves. Armed with a fleet of high-powered patrol boats, the police...