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There are only months left for Havila to operate the coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes together with Hurtigruten.
Here they will enter with four of a total of eleven ships from January 1.
Although it is fast approaching, it is still unclear which ships the company will sail along the Norwegian coastline.
Two new ships are being built at the Turkish shipyard Tersan and two new ones have been ordered. But havila
does not prepare any of these ships for the shipping company to unload between Bergen and Kirkenes from the turn of the year,
reported NRK on August 28.
– There have been some obstacles here that we couldn’t foresee. Progress at the shipyard has been and still is characterized by the crown situation, CEO Arild Myrvoll in Havila then told NRK.
Havila tells NRK that the first two ships will not be delivered until after the turn of the year, while the other two will be delivered about a year later. Therefore, they will rent two boats.
These could be Havila’s rescue
In a query to the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, which has been given access to NRK, the company writes that they are considering leasing the ships MS ‘Bremen’ and MS ‘Expedition’.
They also discuss what is required to signal ships from the Bahamas to Norway.
Director Arild Myrvoll does not wish to comment on the request for the address to NRK.
MS ‘Expedition’ was built as the ‘Kattegat’ car ferry in 1972, and has sailed as a ferry in Denmark and Åland, among other places. In 2008, it became an “Expedition”, and today it sails as a coastal cruiser.
The ship also sailed for the competitor: In 2009, Spitsbergen Travel, a subsidiary of Hurtigruten, leased the ship for cruise traffic around Svalbard.
Today, the MS “Expedition” sails under the Liberian flag and, according to MarineTraffic, is docked in Montevideo.
The MS “Bremen” is currently at the dock in Rostock, in north-eastern Germany. The ship has conducted expedition cruises to the Arctic and Antarctica for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, which said goodbye to it in July (external link).
Havila Castor and Havila Capella
On Sunday the first two boats, Havila Castor and Havila Capella, were launched.
The ships are built in Turkey, will sail on natural gas and will have the world’s largest battery packs on board. Therefore, they will be the greenest ships on the coastal route, Havila writes in a press release.
AWARD: Havila can operate four ships on the coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes. Sævik comments on the award in March 2018.
– We want to show the best that Norway has to offer. It gives us technically good solutions for operating the ship and practically good solutions for those who travel with us, Havila Kystruten CEO Arild Myrvoll said in the message.
