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Itineraries of the MS Nordnorge

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decks plans

Deck 7

Observation deck, gym, bakery & ice cream parlor, lounge & bar
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 7

Deck 6

Cabins, hot tubs
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 6

Deck 5

Observation deck cabins
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 5

Deck 4

Restaurant, bistro, service, information
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 4

Deck 3

Cabins check-in point
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 3

Deck 2

Car deck, sauna, cabins
Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge Pont 2

Ship's attributes

Services And Amenities

  • Self-service laundry room
  • Jacuzzi

Technical specifications

  • Tonnage:  11384
  • Speed:  15.0 knots
  • Decks:  7
  • Length:  123 m
  • Width:  19 m

History

  • 1997: Année de construction
  • 2016: Année de rénovation

The ship that went to fetch the others

The Nordnorge has come to the rescue twice in Antarctica. On 30 January 2007 she took off the two hundred and ninety-four travellers of the Nordkapp, aground near Deception Island. On 23 November the same year she picked up one hundred and fifty-four people from a sinking expedition ship. These are the episodes that define her best.

One hundred and twenty-three metres, 211 cabins including 12 suites, out of the Kvaerner Kleven yard at Ulsteinvik in 1997, refitted in 2016 and again in 2022. Our inventory carries six hundred and seventy-three dates: two hundred and thirty-five in 2026, three hundred and sixty-eight in 2027 and seventy in 2028.

A capacity that does not mean what you think

The carrier announces 452 travellers, a specialist database announces five hundred and ninety. The gap is not an error: the first figure counts cruise berths, the second the total certificate including port-to-port deck passengers. On this route both exist aboard at the same time. We keep the carrier's figure and name the other.

The incident file is not empty either. Striking the quay at Bodo on 21 January 2020 in storm winds. An engine room fire alongside at Trondheim on 29 June 2017, three crew treated for smoke inhalation. Grounding at Skjervoy on 3 November 2014, with water entering a forward ballast tank. Collision with a ramp at Batsfjord in September 2011.

The other ships on the route

The MS Nordkapp is the one she rescued. The MS Richard With carries the founder's name. The MS Kong Harald has only two suites. The MS Trollfjord belongs to the Signature fleet.

The coastal route, and who really runs it

It is a public service route, created by government contract in 1893 to carry the mail along the Norwegian coast. The current contract runs from 2021 to 2030 and requires daily calls at every port, mandatory freight between Tromso and Kirkenes, and a minimum capacity per ship. The full voyage takes twelve days and two thousand five hundred nautical miles.

Eleven ships provide the service, but they do not all belong to the same company: seven to Hurtigruten, four to Havila Kystruten, with alternating departure days. A traveller who books a date without knowing this can therefore board a ship belonging to a different company from the one whose page they read. It is the kind of thing better learned beforehand.

Included, not included, and it depends on the ticket

Included on the full voyage: the three daily meals in the main restaurant, tea, filter coffee and water. Not included: alcohol, excursions, land transfers, flights and gratuities. On that last point the same group's expedition brand claims the opposite, with an asterisk whose footnote is not published: check it before you compare.

The port-to-port ticket does not include meals: full board, half board or à la carte are bought separately. A cabin becomes compulsory past twenty-three hours of sailing. Wi-Fi is announced in three contradictory ways by the carrier itself, depending on the page; we would rather say so than promise it.

Before setting out for the lights

The season runs from 20 September to 31 March, the guarantee requires a voyage of at least eleven days, and it attaches to the higher fare only. Three conditions, and they stack. A shorter voyage, an out-of-season departure or the entry fare, and there is no guarantee at all.

Then comes the definition. A sighting means an aurora seen from the ship, logged by the bridge officers and announced to passengers; the ship's decision is final. In other words, a night announcement while you were asleep is enough. If the guarantee applies, it gives a classic coastal voyage the following season, two-berth inside cabin, suites excluded, to be claimed within twenty-eight days.

What is written about accessibility, and what is missing

What is written: companion required, no personal care provided by the crew, a central lift serving the main public areas, two to four adapted cabins depending on the ship. The carrier adds that it offers no excursions designed for wheelchair users and does not guarantee ramp-equipped coaches.

What is missing: the list of calls where access is impossible, never published. And confirmation that the lift serves every deck, which the carrier asserts nowhere. On one of its ships it even notes that some outer decks are reached by stairs only and that the pool has no lift.

The legal frame

Norwegian law, the court of Bergen, no imposed arbitration. Liability for personal injury is capped under the international maritime conventions, as with most European carriers. The deadlines are tight: one year to claim, two years for personal injury.

Nothing establishes that any entity in this group holds a Quebec licence. Voyages AquaTerra holds one, with the trust account and the Compensation Fund for Customers of Travel Agents that go with it. A booking made elsewhere does not carry that protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Twice in Antarctica, the same year. On 30 January 2007 she took off the two hundred and ninety-four travellers of the grounded Nordkapp, and on 23 November 2007 one hundred and fifty-four people from a sinking expedition ship.
Because they do not count the same thing. The carrier publishes 452 travellers, a specialist database five hundred and ninety. The first counts cruise berths, the second the total certificate including port-to-port deck passengers.
Six hundred and seventy-three: two hundred and thirty-five in 2026, three hundred and sixty-eight in 2027 and seventy in 2028. This ship works the contracted coastal route year-round.
Yes, on 29 June 2017, in the engine room and alongside at Trondheim. Three crew were treated for smoke inhalation. The ship was at the quay, which limited the consequences.
At Skjervoy on 3 November 2014, with a breach that let water into a forward ballast tank. She also struck the quay at Bodo in January 2020 in storm winds, and hit a ramp at Batsfjord in September 2011.
She dates from 1997, out of the Kvaerner Kleven yard at Ulsteinvik, Norway. Refitted in 2016 and again in 2022. She is the newest of the four hulls in her series.
Three: 331, 333 and 335, plus two accessible toilets on decks 4 and 7. Out of 211 cabins that means very limited availability and a request to be made at booking.
Freight, compulsorily, between Tromso and Kirkenes, and local passengers making a single hop between two ports. The contract requires a minimum capacity of one hundred and fifty europallets per ship.
Not everywhere and not always. Some calls last fifteen minutes, eight are made in the small hours, and the carrier publishes no list of calls where quay access would be impossible for someone with reduced mobility.
She has sailed in Antarctica in the past, hence the two rescues of 2007. Today she works the Norwegian coastal route. The same group's expedition brand is now a separate company, split off in February 2025.
Because this is not a cruise itinerary but a public service route under state contract. The contract requires daily calls at every port and the carriage of freight. Thirty-four calls northbound, thirty-three southbound, eight of them in the small hours.
It depends on the date. The coastal contract is shared with Havila Kystruten, which provides four of the eleven ships and alternates departure days. A given date belongs to one company or the other. Your advisor checks which before booking.
No. They remain at your expense, as do alcohol, excursions, transfers and flights. The same group's expedition brand claims the opposite, without publishing the footnote that comes with that promise. Full board, on the other hand, is included on the full voyage.
The carrier gives three versions depending on the page you read: free on board, reserved for the higher fare, or excluded in the conditions. So we promise nothing on this point. Plan not to depend on it.
Yes, as a port-to-port ticket. Note: meals are not included and are bought separately, a cabin becomes compulsory beyond twenty-three hours of sailing, you never choose its location and suites are not sold that way.
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