Tag: shipping

Harbor conflict hits Hurtigruten

A lengthy conflict over work rules at Norwegian harbours resulted in the arrests of more than 40 union activists in Tromsø on Thursday, after...

Cruise calls drop as port fees rise

Norway's summer cruise season is already well underway, but the number of cruiseships calling at Oslo will decline for the third year in a...

Cruise ship seized over unpaid fees

Norwegian authorities in Ålesund seized one of the world's largest cruise ships on Thursday as part of a claim for unpaid fees. The Independence...

North Sea ferry plans scuppered

Efforts to revive a ferry service between Bergen and Stavanger on Norway's west coast and Newcastle in the UK have run out of steam....

Höegh ship joins aircraft search

A large Norwegian car carrier was trolling the dark and rough waters of the southernmost Indian Ocean on Thursday, after changing course and joining...

More illness on Hurtigruten ship

Another serious bout of tummy trouble broke out on board a vessel in the Norwegian coastal Hurtigruten shipping line this week. State broadcaster NRK reported...

Hurtigruten suspects cockroach sabotage

A guest on board the Norwegian coastal voyage vessel MS Nordlys, part of the Hurtigruten fleet, told a  Tromsø newspaper over the weekend that...

Historic vessel ‘under threat’

Alarms are ringing over the future of one of Norway's most famous Tall Ships, the 77-year-old Christian Radich. The foundation running the vessel worries...

Smoother sailing for Hurtigruten

Norway's coastal passenger shipping line Hurtigruten has reported much stronger results from its operations last year, compared to the year before. Profits would have been...

Billionaire sets up new foundation

Hans Rasmus Astrup, the billionaire art collector and businessman who inherited vast wealth and built upon it, is now turning most all of it over...
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