Tag: shipping

Shipowner dies amid family feud

UPDATED: One of Norway's last remaining family-controlled shipping companies lost its patriarch Wilhelm Wilhelmsen over the weekend, just as a power struggle within the...

UD repatriates as Corona costs rise

Norway's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD) has decided to help bring Norwegians home from isolated areas of China, cooperating with other European countries in an...

Piracy may alter shipping routes

Norwegian shipowning company JJ Ugland may stop sailing off the west coast of Africa, after one of its bulk cargo vessels was attacked by...

Pirates attacked Norwegian ship

Norwegian shipowning JJ Ugland Companies claimed on Monday that it was doing doing its "utmost" to bring nine of its Filipino crew members to...

Woman killed in fall off Hurtigruten ship

A woman believed to have been on board a Hurtigruten vessel died on Thursday after reportedly falling off the ship as it was arriving...

Rich shipowner defies Darwin

A wealthy 81-year-old shipowner from Kristiansand is donating NOK 15 million (USD 1.6 million) to a foundation that challenges Darwin's theory of evolution. Einar...

Probe underway into oil tanker explosion

Oslo-based Stolt Tankers, part of the Stolt-Nielsen shipping concern, was thanking rescue services at the Port of Ulsan in South Korea after one of...

Firms fail to report impact on the seas

Norway is a major shipping, seafood and offshore nation, yet the vast majority of its maritime businesses fail to chart or report their own...

Russia won’t let Hurtigruten sail

Russian authorities have spoiled some exclusive Arctic cruise plans for passengers on board one of the Norwegian shipping line Hurtigruten's newest vessels, the MS...

Shipping braves new gulf risks

Nearly 40 ships with ownership ties to Norwegian investors have been in or around Hormuz and the gulfs on both sides this week. They're...
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