Cruise Critic News: Hurtigruten Ramps Up Return to Cruising With Most of the Fleet in Service by September

[LauraS]

(8:00 a.m. EDT) -- Norway-based cruise line Hurtigruten has confirmed it will return 14 of its 16 ships back into operation from next month. The line restarted cruising along the Norwegian coastline on June 16 on MS Finnmarken, and has gradually increased the number of ships plying this route to four, as well as a round-trip Hamburg cruise. From ...

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[shipsmail]

I am impressed that they will conduct year-roung cruises from Hamburg to Norway. That is very important for the German market.

We are just about to book a winter expedition cruise from Hamburg to Norway.

[hallasm]

They also plan departures from Dover along the coast of Norway as well as an 12 days expedition voyage from Bergen 
when Havila is starting to serve 3 of the 11 ships at the Norwegian Coastal Service Hurtigruten will deploy the three available ships for Norway expedition voyages with longer port stops. 

Edited July 28, 2020 by hallasm

[ighten]

I wonder what will happen to the expedition ship Roald Admunsen after the UK expeditions in Sep as it seems a little unlikely it will be able to continue with the planned Carribean Sea expedition -- though they may end up having to push the UK dates back  as well as our govt seems utterly clueless at the moment about what its doing.

[grayjay]

As far as I noticed on Hurtigruten's website the Caribbean expedition on Roald Amundsen in autumn has been cancelled whereas the one for sister ship Fridtjof Nansen is still in place. I'm starting to doubt though that the season in South America and Antarctica will go through as planned with the pandemic still raging through Peru and Chile, for example and so many still unable to be accepted on flights to and entry into their destinations.

[Sue from Canada]

On 7/28/2020 at 7:03 AM, hallasm said:

They also plan departures from Dover along the coast of Norway as well as an 12 days expedition voyage from Bergen 
when Havila is starting to serve 3 of the 11 ships at the Norwegian Coastal Service Hurtigruten will deploy the three available ships for Norway expedition voyages with longer port stops. 

Dover departures.  I could get a direct flight (when our travel ban is lifted) from Canada to Gatwick Airport.  Do you know how many days the sailings will be out of Dover?

[ighten]

1 hour ago, Sue from Canada said:

Dover departures.  I could get a direct flight (when our travel ban is lifted) from Canada to Gatwick Airport.  Do you know how many days the sailings will be out of Dover?

Most are 15 days https://www.hurtigruten.co.uk/dover-cruises/#  the Itineraries vary between Norway, Scandinavia and the British Isles

Edited July 30, 2020 by ighten

[hallasm]

Starting March 16, 2021. 14 nights from Dover to Honningsvåg (North Cape)  on MS Maud (former MS Midnatsol). Just in time for a northern lights cruise In March.

 

[jonikal]

Hopefully Hurtigruten isn't going to fast with the resumption of sailings given the just announced COVID outbreak on the Amundsen. 

[jonikal]

More details here:

https://thepointsguy.com/news/covid-outbreak-hurtigruten-norway/

[cruisr]

Well now we know what happens if you start anything too early.  Very sad for crew and guests.  I will not get on a cruise ship anytime soon.

[RJB]

On 7/8/2020 at 8:31 AM, LauraS said:

(8:00 a.m. EDT) -- Norway-based cruise line Hurtigruten has confirmed it will return 14 of its 16 ships back into operation from next month. The line restarted cruising along the Norwegian coastline on June 16 on MS Finnmarken, and has gradually increased the number of ships plying this route to four, as well as a round-trip Hamburg cruise. From ...

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Will have to rethink this now.   Be quire a while until people feel safe cruising with them again. Or for that matter any cruise ship.

[jonikal]

Update:

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-outbreak-ms-roald-amundsen-2020-8?amp

 

[Homerody]

And here is an update from Hurtigruten:

 

https://www.hurtigruten.com/practical-information/coronavirus-update/ra31072020/