Tag: shipping

Coast celebrated, in politics and art

Norway is known for its mountains and fjords, but its long coastline has had perhaps the biggest impact on its people, culture, livelihoods, transport...

Solvik-Olsen now set to sail

Norway's transport minister, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, has avoided being called into a disciplinary hearing in Parliament, for allegedly forcing the ministry's communications out of her...

Ugland also probes Petrobras bribery

One of Norway's major shipowning groups, The JJ Ugland Companies, is the latest Norwegian company to be dragged into the massive corruption scandal at Brazilian...

Shipping company hit by price-fixing charges

One of Norway's biggest shipping companies, Wilh Wilhelmsen, is caught up in a price-fixing case involving two of its partly owned car carrier operations. The...

Russians sail to Norwegian tanker’s aid

A Russian tug boat left Murmansk on Wednesday evening to sail to the aid of a Norwegian oil products tanker that was disabled in the Barents Sea. The...

Bergen mayor lands in hot water

The colourful, popular and often parodied mayor of Bergen, Trude Drevland, has called in sick, claiming she needs some time to collect her thoughts after...

Shipping elite meets in Oslo, without China’s COSCO

Shipowners and executives from all over the world are converging on Oslo and the northeastern suburb of Lillestrøm this week for the annual Nor-Shipping conference...

Ex-VimpelCom boss joins Fredriksen

Jo Lunder was the former "wonderboy" at Norway's Telenor, who ended up resigning this spring as chief executive of Telenor's partly owned mobile phone firm...

Hurtigruten sails towards profits

For the first time in a decade, Norway's coastal voyage line Hurtigruten would have logged a black bottom line if it hadn't been for some...

Fjord Line logs big losses on new ferry route

Fjord Line, which runs international ferry service from southern Norway, has run into rough seas on its new short route between Sandefjord and Strömstad in Sweden....
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