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After the passengers and hundreds of tons of salmon were trapped on the ferry, the Norwegian Maritime Directorate turns around and allows Boreal to sail with a temporary certificate.
The Godøy motorboat to the company Boreal Sjø AS. The ship travels routes in the Ålesund area in Sunnmøre for the county municipal company Fram.
Helge Sunde / Samfoto
Dag Inge Aarhus, Director of Communications for the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, says that now Boreal can sail again.
– Now we have accepted the monitoring plan that the shipping company has drawn up, he tells E24.
Aarhus claims that Boreal has received a temporary certificate. This is valid for three months and gives the shipping company time to follow up on the plan and audit.
– It is important to find a solution
Early Wednesday, all of Boreal’s ferries were stopped and ordered to the dock, a total of 41 ferries and speedboats, affecting both local communities and the fishing industry.
Boreal has ferries and speedboats in Nordland, Finnmark, Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland and Vestland.
The reason was that the Norwegian Maritime Authority had detected “serious deviations” after a so-called additional audit.
But now the direction has changed.
– It was important for us to find a solution, says Aarhus, who also emphasizes the focus on security.
It was clear Wednesday night that it might be possible to secure a temporary deal.
– If you come up with a plan, for example tonight, and we approve this plan, you can get a temporary permit for three months, Aarhus said Wednesday night.
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The ferry stop had consequences for several.
Hundreds of tons of salmon were trapped and Fisheries Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen asked the Norwegian Maritime Directorate to ensure the production of socially critical food.
In addition, a number of passengers were affected when the Norwegian Maritime Directorate refused the shipping company to sail on Wednesday afternoon.
Mirjam Ydstebø lives in Kvitsøy on the outskirts of Stavanger, and was one of many who remained at the ferry dock on Wednesday afternoon not knowing what was going on.
– They only told us that the ferry would not go and that we had to follow the Boreal website, but there was nothing there, he says by phone to E24.
She herself was worried that something had happened to the crew, because she did not know that all the Boreal shuttles had stopped.
– It is dramatic for everyone who travels here on the island if this continues. We are an island municipality completely dependent on ferries, he says.
