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On Wednesday, Trade and Industry Minister Iselin Nybø (V) said she believes it is “unfortunate that Hurtigruten operates as a hotel ship in Norwegian ports.”
Now he tells Dagbladet that the ministry as early as 2018 believed that such activities “were not within the intent of the law”, but that “by mistake” the Norwegian Maritime Directorate was not followed up.
The situation makes the communications manager André Nerheim at Fellesforbundet react strongly.
– This was resumed in 2018, and there has been no shit. There is a time gap between what the leadership says now and what the minister was very clear about in 2018, he tells Dagbladet.
On Tuesday, it became clear that Fellesforbundet and Sjømannsforbundet are joining forces to denounce Hurtigruten for matters related to the ship MS Fridtjof Nansen, which is located at the dock of the city of Hellesylt in the municipality of Stranda.
Hurtigruten, for his part, believes the business is “well within” the rules.
In September, Hurtigruten rents two boats for the recording of “Mission: Impossible.” The ships house a total of almost 400 film workers from Norway and abroad.
2018 Letter
On Wednesday, Nybø said it announced a change in regulations to end the criticized business.
Fellesforbundet believes, however, that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has already had a long time to figure things out.
In a letter to the Norwegian Seafarers Association in 2018, then-Minister of Trade and Industry Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (H) wrote:
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– Regarding the situation of NIS ships used as hotel ships in Norwegian ports, I do not see that it is in line with the purpose of the NIS registry. I would like to take a closer look at this issue together with the Norwegian Maritime Authority, and will address it at the next meeting.
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– As you asked at the October 1, 2018 meeting, I want to ensure that the responsible underlying bodies prioritize work against social dumping going forward.
However, when the Norwegian Seafarers Association notified the Norwegian Maritime Directorate of what they believe is a crime against MS Fridtjof Nansen on August 27 this year, they were informed that the activity is within the law, according to the lawyer of the Norwegian Seafarers Association, Terje Hernes Pettersen.
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– It is very special that the management has not received it, especially considering that according to the letter they had a meeting with the Minister of Commerce and Industry about this two years ago, says Nerheim.
He is not impressed by the response of the Minister of Commerce and Industry.
– Now Nybø enters the field with a kind of intermediate position and will be fixed in the regulations. It’s not enough when a ship registered for international shipments with a Filipino crew is at the dock, pretending to be a hotel and undermining the seriousness of Norwegian working life.
Trade and Industry Minister Iselin Nybø writes the following in an email to Dagbladet. Read her full answer below in the case.
– The understanding of the Ministry in 2018 was that such activities were not within the intent of the law. This was also expressed in the letter to the Norwegian Seafarers Association. By mistake this was unfortunately not followed up by the ministry with the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
Terje Aasland of the Labor Party is also critical of Nybø. He previously asked the Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø (V) if she supports the decision of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
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– It seems that the government is paralyzed when it comes to following up the legislation. Nybø responds very clearly that this is contrary to NIS regulations, and then I hope the government will handle the case accordingly, he tells Dagbladet.
He believes that a new regulatory case should not be necessary.
– I hope Nybø shows action and stops business. I do not see that it is necessary to change the regulations, based on the written response you have given.
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The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Iselin Nybø, has received the statements to Nerheim and Aasland.
He writes in an email to Dagbladet that he thinks it is a pity that Hurtigruten “operates as a hotel ship in Norwegian ports”, and that he has therefore announced that there will be a change in regulations.
The ministry is not aware that the issue of NIS ships being used as hotels in Norwegian ports has not been discussed before or after 2018, according to Nybø.
– Now we address this and specify the regulations.
She encourages Hurtigruten to organize his business according to the announced changes.
– I would like to invite both Hurtigruten and the Norwegian Seafarers Association to a meeting to discuss how we can resolve the situation that has arisen.
She continues:
– The NIS Act will ensure that we can have an internationally competitive ship registry, while also protecting Norwegian domestic shipping from competition. The purpose is not to facilitate hotel operations in Norwegian ports.
Dag Inge Aarhus, Head of Communications for the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, comments on the matter in an email to Dagbladet:
– We have no further comments on this matter now, except that we are positive about the clarifications in the regulation that the Minister of Commerce and Industry has announced.
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Anne Marit Bjørnflaten, Hurtigruten’s director of public relations, has previously written the following in an email to Dagbladet.
– The use of the ship is within the rules for NIS ships (Norwegian International Ship Register, editor’s note), which the Norwegian Maritime Directorate has confirmed. The ship operates legally in accordance with the NIS Law and the rules governing the salary, working conditions, and work and rest time of the crew on board NIS registered ships.
She adds:
– The Norwegian Seafarers Association is well aware that there is no “social dumping” on NIS vessels.
Bjørnflaten writes that MS Fridtjof Nansen has not been chosen to save costs, but because the boat is best suited for the task.
– Not least for infection control reasons. We have asked the Norwegian Seamen’s Association for a dialogue on where the salary level should be, and we have said for our part that we will offer salaries at the Norwegian level. Therefore, it is difficult to understand why the Norwegian Seafarers Association makes such baseless accusations.
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