Tag: shipping

Hurtiguten’s hybrid ships take form

After shipbuilding challenges and lengthy delays that forced cancellation of 10 cruises in the Antarctic, Norway's coastal voyage line Hurtigruten offered a peek this...

More challenge collision report

Both the owner of the tanker that collided with the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad and workers at the shipyard where the frigate was built...

Coastal town put under preservation

The Norwegian government put the central portion of an entire coastal town under historic preservation orders on Friday. Once known as a sailing ship...

Calls rise to limit cruiseship arrivals

Increasingly fierce opposition to the numbers of large cruiseships docking in Norway in recent years is finally being heard. Officials in Bergen, Norway's busiest...

Funding sinks for a ships’ tunnel

More than 100 years of hopes and plans for a unique tunnel for ships off Norway's West Coast are now desperately treading water. No...

Two killed on board tanker

Two seafarers working on board a chemical tanker were killed while cleaning out tanks on board the vessel during the weekend. The men, one...

‘Maud’ back home after 101 years

The remains of the polar ship "Maud" are back home on the Oslo Fjord again, a century after Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen sailed...

Supply ships busy in Russian waters

Norwegian supply ships that offer various services to the offshore oil industry have been busy in Russia's Arctic waters this summer. It's welcome business...

‘Maud’ returns to Norway

The remains of a ship that polar explorer Roald Amundsen sailed on another expedition through the Northwest Passage have arrived back in Norway. The...

Maritime village preserves its past

PHOTO FEATURE: Norway's maritime heritage can be seen all along its vast coastline from north to south, but some places stand out. Among them...

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