Brief: CORRECTED-Norway awards Havila, Hurtigruten coastal traffic contracts

Havila Shipping ASA

23/03/2018 13:53

(Corrects 1st bullet point to show that contract winner is
Havila Holding AS, not Havila Shipping ASA)
    March 23 (Reuters) - 
    * NORWAY'S MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AWARDS HAVILA HOLDING AS
(NOT
HAVILA SHIPPING ASA) A CONTRACT TO TRANSPORT GOODS ALONG COAST
BETWEEN BERGEN AND KIRKENES
    * MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SAYS CONTRACT IS FROM 2021 TO 2030,
HAVILA
WILL OPERATE 4 VESSELS AND ALSO INCLUDES PASSENGER TRAFFIC
    * NORWAY'S MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SAYS HURTIGRUTA WILL
OPERATE 7
VESSELS AS PART OF NEW CONTRACT
    * NORWAY'S MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SAYS TOTAL CONTRACT SUM IS
NOK
788 MILLION PER YEAR

    Source text (In Norwegian): https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/havila-og-hurtigruten-far-kontrakter-pa-kystruten-bergen-kirkenes/id2594952/
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 (Reporting By Ole Petter Skonnord)
 ((olepetter.skonnord@thomsonreuters.com;))