Tagged: Havila Kystruten

Havila Capella was temporarily taken out of service on Thursday April 14th after conditions in the company’s financing meant that the ship’s insurance was affected by sanctions against Russia. (more…)

Havila Kystruten has been forced to cancel the round trip Bergen – Kirkenes – Bergen, which was planned to start on 12 April 2022, due to the still unresolved situation related to the ship’s insurance coverage. (more…)

Havila Voyages has announced that its second ship, “Havila Castor”, will start operating from Bergen on 10th May, a month later than planned. (more…)

Yesterday “Havila Capella” embarks on the maiden voyage and becomes the first new ship on the classic Bergen-Kirkenes route in eighteen years. (more…)

On the 24th November Havila Capella arrived in Bergen harbour as the first of the four new coastal cruise ships on the Classic Coastal Route, but the date for the first round trip must unfortunately be postponed to 12 December. (more…)

Havila Capella is delivered to Havila Voyages, and soon the first of four state of the art vessels for the new ship owner Havila Voyages will start its sailing towards the Norwegian coast. (more…)

Havila Voyages has given a photo update of one of its first two ships designated for Norwegian coastal service, the Havila Capela. “The Havila Capella looking sharp with a splash of paint!” the cruise line wrote in a July 9 Facebook post accompanying new photos of the 468-passenger vessel. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Havila Voyages has confirmed that the first two ships in its fleet, Havila Castor and Havila Capella, have been delayed and will be setting sail in Summer 2021. The ships were due to commence operations early in 2021. (more…)

The first two of Havila Voyages’ four new coastal ships are now in the water at Tersan shipyard in Turkey as the Castor and Capella were floated out on Saturday in front of Arild Myrvoll, CEO of Havila Kystruten. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After problems at Barreras in Spain, Havila Voyages officially announced it has signed contract with the Tersan for the construction of two more Norwegian coastal vessels, with construction set to start soon. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Two Havila Kystruten newbuilds will be towed to Tersan shipyard in Turkey from Barreras in Spain, where construction has been stopped due to financial difficulties at the shipyard. The company previously cancelled its deal with Barreras in November. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

According to multiple Spanish media reports, the struggling Barreras shipyard has cancelled both newbuilds for Havila Kystruten, which were set to operate on the Norwegian coast by early 2021. Meanwhile, a separate bailout plan orchestrated by The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection is moving forward, according to reports. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Havila Kystruten has sold its two LNG-powered 700-passenger coastal express ships on order at Tersan Shipyard to Dublin-based GTLK Europe for NOK 1.7 billion, and chartered the vessels back for 10 years. (shippax.com)

Spanish shipbuilder Hijos de J. Barreras is facing challenges in the passenger vessel segment as work around a pair of coastal ships for Havila Kystruten has come to a temporary stop. “In Barreras, some design challenges have occurred. They are related to the ships’ weight and draft. These challenges have unfortunately resulted in a temporary stop in the building process,” said Havila Kystruten, in a statement sent by email to Cruise Industry News. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Suspende la construcción de los dos cruceros, valorados en unos 300 millones -La firma noruega, que prevé el estreno de los barcos para 2021, se ha quedado “sin financiación”. (farodevigo.es)

Havila Kystruten, the new Norwegian coast operator, has released a new vessel rendering and launched a new website while revealing more details on its start up. The new operator will add four ships on the Norwegian coast starting in January 2021, sailing between Bergen and Kirkenes. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Norwegian shipping company Havila Kystruten has unveiled the names of its four new environmentally-friendly ships. The ships will be named Havila Capella, Havila Castor, Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux. (worldmaritimenews.com)

The clock is ticking toward late 2020 as Havila Kystruten has officially selected two shipyards to build four ships for Norwegian coastal service. The ships will need to be in operation by the first quarter of 2021. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Havila will build two of its ships set for Norwegian coastal service at Tershan Shipyard in Turkey, according to local reports. Deliveries are slated for September 2020, giving Tershan 24 months to build the vessels. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

With four ships expected in Norwegian coastal service by 2021, Havila is racing to move forward with a shipbuilding program. The Norwegian company has entered into an agreement with Barreras, in Vigo, Spain, to build two of four vessels. The deal is subject to finalizing and not finalized. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Havila is set to operate four new coastal cruise-style ships on a route on the Norwegian coast, according to a decision from the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communications, which has split the coastal route between Hurtigruten and the newcomer, Havila. (cruiseindustrynews.com)