Tag: shipping

Fredriksen vows to save Frontline

Norwegian shipowner and industrialist John Fredriksen, long ranked among the wealthiest men in the world, remains in command of Oslo-based tanker-owning company Frontline. Tankers...

Sevan avoids record bankruptcy

A Canadian-based shipping firm that was founded in California by a Danish emigrant has ridden to the rescue of ailing Norwegian offshore firm Sevan...

Surveillance plane goes after pirates

The Norwegian military is once again contributing to the battle against pirates off East Africa, after lots of urging from the shipowners' lobby. "Finally an...

State boosts support for Hurtigruten

Transport Minister Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa announced Wednesday that Norway's famed coastal shipping line Hurtigruten will continue to call at all its 34 ports between...

Chinese drop shipping exhibition

Norwegian and Chinese relations have been extremely strained since the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident. After months...

Shipowner: ‘Shoot the pirates’

A 79-year-old veteran of Norway's shipping industry thinks the international community and his own country are being much too kind in their dealings with...

Ship tunnel plans swamped

An unusual plan to dig a maritime tunnel for ships through a peninsula on Norway's stormy western coast have been swamped, at least for...

Pirate battle frees Norwegian ship

An adviser at the South Korean embassy in Oslo says South Korea's military will be willing, if necessary, to attack pirates off Somalia again,...

Shipowners arm to fight piracy

UPDATED: Norwegian shipowners are beginning to arm their vessels in an effort to fend off pirates on the high seas, especially off the coast...

Shipowners blast anti-piracy effort

Norwegian shipowners don't think their government is doing nearly enough to fend off piracy attacks at sea. The wave of modern-day piracy in the...
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