Norwegian Coastal Route restarting 2021

[richws]

The Norwegian Govmt has agreed with Hurtigruten & Havila that the full Coastal Route will restart from 1st Jan 2021 with 5 Hurtigruten Ships in service until end of March. Havila had previously requested not to start it's contracted 4 slots out of 11 as their ships are not complete as well as COVID situation. So 5 Hurtigruten ships (presumably every other day) will be sailing between Bergen & Honningsvåg. This information not yet reflected on websites. Sailing Plan and ships tbc 

 

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[hallasm]

Thank you for the update. There is a Press release in Norwegian language.

[richws]

January Sailings announced

The dates of January sailings and the ships sailing have been announced:

https://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/practical-information/coronavirus-update/sailings-and-cancellations/ 

Hurtigruten say they have emailed all affected customers.

 

The timetable for the Coastal Voyage has also been amended:

https://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/port-to-port/new-sailing-plan/ 

[hallasm]

2 hours ago, richws said:

The dates of January sailings and the ships sailing have been announced:

Looks like Hurtigruten is starting with three ships by January 1st and increasing  to five ships during February and seven ships by April.
Then the four slots available to Havila by April 1st. 
Still waiting to see how Havila will fill the four available slots with the two ships available, assuming Havila will get MS Castor and MS Capella ready by April.

[richws]

2 hours ago, hallasm said:

Looks like Hurtigruten is starting with three ships by January 1st and increasing  to five ships during February and seven ships by April.
Then the four slots available to Havila by April 1st. 
Still waiting to see how Havila will fill the four available slots with the two ships available, assuming Havila will get MS Castor and MS Capella ready by April.

Believe agreement is 5 Hurtigruten Ships on BKB from 1st Jan to end March with no Havila Ships - agreement between Norwegian Government/Hurtigruten & Havila. Possible that Hurtigruten will change which 5 ships are sailing during this period.

[hallasm]

10 hours ago, richws said:

Believe agreement is 5 Hurtigruten Ships on BKB from 1st Jan to end March with no Havila Ships

I do not exact know the agreement- according to the current schedule at the web Hurtigruten has three ships in operation by start of January, increasing to 5 ships in February and seven by April - no Havila ships expected before April (no information at Havila Voyages web) -  but still Havila has only two ships available for four slots by April.

[richws]

1 hour ago, hallasm said:

I do not exact know the agreement- according to the current schedule at the web Hurtigruten has three ships in operation by start of January, increasing to 5 ships in February and seven by April - no Havila ships expected before April (no information at Havila Voyages web) -  but still Havila has only two ships available for four slots by April.

Yes, you're correct in what the Hurtigruten detailed schedule states but it hasn't been fully updated to reflect the announcements on the "Current sailing plan and cancellations" page updated 11/12/2020 13:05 GMT. January is partially updated but doesn't reflect Vesteralen's inclusion and Feb/Mar not updated at all.

Pretty confusing eh? 🙂

Detail of 3-way agreement is here: https://presse.hurtigruten.no/pressreleases/hurtigruten-norge-oeker-kapasiteten-langs-norskekysten-skal-seile-med-fem-skip-mellom-bergen-og-kirkenes-3055381

Will need Google translate as from Norwegian site.

Hope this clarifies - these are basis of my posts.