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After a long period of disputes and unrest, it was announced Thursday night that Hurtigruten must replace the NIS registered ship “MS Fridtjof Nansen” with the NOR registered “MS Finnmarken”.
The former has operated for several weeks as a hotel ship for movie workers associated with the filming of “Mission Impossible 7.”
Ever since Dagbladet first mentioned the Norwegian Seamen’s Association warning of possible social dumping aboard the ‘MS Fridtjof Nansen’, there has been criticism of Hurtigruten for using a NIS registered ship for hotel assignment in Hellesylt. Questions have been asked at the Storting about the practice and Hurtigruten has also been reported to the police for violating immigration law.
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Quiet from the cruise
At the same time as the noise continues, the film production “Mission Impossible” has run as usual in Hellesylt and used “MS Fridtjof Nansen” as a hotel. Despite a long series of attempts, Dagbladet has failed to obtain a commentary from the leadership on the conflict that has raged around her at the highest political level.
Since September 2, Dagbladet, through the press contact for the recording, has tried to get an answer to what they think about the fact that Hurtigruten has rented them an illegal hotel boat, but so far it has been quiet since the camp to actor Tom Cruise.
– Sorry we can’t comment on this, is the brief response from press contact Amanda Brand to Dagbladet’s repeated inquiries over several weeks.
On Friday afternoon, the production also does not want to comment on Hurtigruten replacing “MS Fridtjof Nansen.”
Dishwashing meeting in Nybø
Races: – Nothing happened
The conflict has to do with the legislation and the distortion of competition. Unlike a NOR registered ship, the use of cheap foreign labor is allowed on board NIS ships as they originally sail and compete internationally. According to the Norwegian Seafarers Association, Filipino workers can be paid as little as 29 crowns an hour aboard the “MS Fridtjof Nansen”.
Hurtigruten has always believed that his interpretation of the NIS law is correct, in part because the ship is closed and not available to the public. Therefore, they believe that it is not a hotel in the classical sense.
The Norwegian Maritime Directorate supported Hurtigruten that the business was within the law, but eventually his own boss, the Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø (V), opposed it.
She called the unions and Hurtigruten to a dishwashing meeting about what she and the police believe is an illegal practice.
Norwegian flag and crew
Cruise warning: – social dumping
Criticism led Hurtigruten to replace “MS Fridtjof Nansen”.
– “MS Finnmarken” starts the mission early next week, with the Norwegian flag and Norwegian crew. Together with “MS Vesterålen”, which is still part of the agreement, “MS Finnmarken” will be at the Åndalsnes pier for the remainder of the lease period. Both vessels are registered in the Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR), the government’s contact director at Hurtigruten, Anne Marit Bjørnflaten, told NTB yesterday.
The Norwegian Seamen’s Association is satisfied with Hurtigruten’s change of course in the “cruise ship Tom” case, but maintains the police report, Dagbladet was told on Friday.
