Hurtigruten Selling Svalbard Properties, Potential Buyers Line Up Hurtigruten has announced its intent to sell off real eastate in Longyearbyen. Local mining company and developer Store Norske has decided to go into business estates in Longyearbyen and is prepared to enter into dialogue with Hurtigruten.
When the “Completely Honest” Hurtigruten Uses the Police to Shield it from the Public Commentary: While the British company Hurtigurten ASA pushes the police before itself as a shield and makes itself unavailable for public scrutiny, companies with North Norwegian roots deliver results that are out of this world. Even internationally, an arena where – sadly – Hurtigruten is still the company placing Northern Norway on the map.
Infection Onboard 'MS Roald Amundsen': “No Entering at Svalbard Settlements” “Neither passengers nor crew have come onshore in Longyearbyen, Barentsburg or Ny-Ålesund during the two cruises in our waters in July”, says Visit Svalbard Manager Ronny Brunvoll.
Norway’s Hurtigruten Draws Up Plans to Reopen Coastal Routes Norway’s Hurtigruten is planning to resume service between Bergen and Kirkenes on June 16th with Arctic expeditions in Norwegian waters following during the summer. Cruises in other regions, including Alaska and the Northwest Passage, have been cancelled for 2020.
If Russia Wants More Power on Svalbard, There Is A Far More Efficient Way Russia’s powerful Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has taken the remarkable action of submitting an official objection to Norwegian Svalbard policy. However, there is a much simpler and more efficient way of increasing Russian presence on Svalbard.
IMO Inches Forward With Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil in Arctic The International Maritime Organization (IMO) continued its efforts to adopt a ban of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) in the Arctic by 2021 during a meeting in London. Environmental advocates laud the work, but urge Russia and Canada, the only two Arctic states yet to commit to the ban, to sign on to the initiative.
