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Itineraries of the MS Trollfjord

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decks plans

Deck 9

Observation deck, lounge, fitness room, sauna, hot tubs
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 9

Deck 8

Cabins, bar, lounge, librairy
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 8

Deck 7

Cabins
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 7

Deck 6

Cabins
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 6

Deck 5

Restaurant, bistro, shop
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 5

Deck 4

Cabins, check-in point
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 4

Deck 3

Car deck, cabins
Hurtigruten MS Trollfjord Pont 3

Ship's attributes

Services And Amenities

  • Self-service laundry room
  • Jacuzzi
  • Spa & body care

Specific needs

  • Wheelchair accessible staterooms

Technical specifications

  • Tonnage:  16140
  • Speed:  15.0 knots
  • Decks:  9
  • Length:  135 m
  • Width:  21 m

History

  • 2002: Année de construction
  • 2023: Année de rénovation

A grounding against the master's orders

On 9 May 2007, at Svartsundet, the Trollfjord ran aground. The inquiry established that the chief officer, on watch, took the ship into a narrow strait at low water against the master's orders. Ten years later, on 29 March 2017, she struck the quay at Risoyhamn: serious damage to quay and hull, a breach at the bow above the waterline, plating torn away, the ship laid up until 12 April.

Both episodes belong to the ship's history and an honest page carries them. Today's Trollfjord was refitted in 2023, with battery hybrid conversion, and she belongs to the Signature fleet: she is no longer one of the coastal contract ships.

The ship, and what Signature means

One hundred and thirty-five metres, 270 cabins including 21 suites, out of the Fosen Mek. Verksteder yard at Rissa in 2002. Our inventory carries one hundred and forty-six dates: twenty-three in 2026, one hundred and two in 2027 and twenty-one in 2028. That is few next to the coastal ships, and it is normal: the Signature fleet sails outside the contracted route, on shorter and less frequent programmes.

Published capacities differ sharply: five hundred travellers according to the carrier, eight hundred and twenty-two according to a specialist database. The gap reflects the difference between cruise berths and the total certificate, deck passengers included. Four cabins are adapted for a wheelchair: 614, 616, 619 and 625.

The other ships

The MS Midnatsol is her Signature fleet twin. The MS Nordkapp and the MS Nordnorge work the contracted coastal route. The la flotte au complet page brings them together.

The contract that governs everything

Between 2021 and 2030 the Norwegian state entrusts the coastal route to two shipowners. The contract sets the calls, the passing times, the mandatory freight north of Tromso and each ship's minimum capacity. It bans heavy fuel oil and requires shore power. It is a transport service that can be bought as a cruise, which is not the same thing.

Two concrete consequences. First: thirty-four calls northbound and thirty-three southbound, several of fifteen minutes and eight in the small hours. Second: Havila Kystruten provides four of the eleven ships and alternates departure days with Hurtigruten. The date determines the company, and therefore the ship.

What the fare covers

Full board on the full voyage, with tea, filter coffee and water. Nothing else is automatic. Alcohol is paid for, excursions are paid for, transfers and flights too, and gratuities remain at your expense: they are not included, while the same group's expedition brand claims the opposite without publishing its conditions.

Watch the segment ticket, sold port-to-port: it is transport, meals are not included, and a cabin is compulsory only beyond twenty-three hours. There is no choice of location and suites are not sold that way. Wi-Fi, finally, is described three different ways by the carrier depending on the page: we commit to none of them.

Northern lights: read the conditions, not the poster

The sky cannot be ordered, and the carrier's guarantee changes nothing about the weather. It requires an eleven-day voyage minimum, a departure between 20 September and 31 March, and the higher fare. The entry fare does not qualify.

And it is extinguished as soon as an aurora has been logged by the bridge officers and announced on board, even if you were asleep, even if it was faint. The ship's decision is final. The compensation, where it applies, is a classic coastal voyage the following season in a two-berth inside cabin, to be claimed within twenty-eight days of return. Your advisor explains which of these conditions applies to your departure.

Accessibility, unrounded

Two to four adapted cabins per ship, on vessels carrying two hundred cabins or more. Companion required. No personal care from the crew: no washing, no dressing, no meals, no lifting, no moving between cabin and public spaces.

The carrier states it offers no excursions designed specifically for wheelchair users, and it does not guarantee ramp-equipped coaches: you must be able to board unaided. No list of inaccessible calls exists publicly. Your advisor puts each question to the supplier, in writing, before booking.

Why go through an agency here

Because the contract binds you to a Norwegian company, under Norwegian law, before the court of Bergen. There is no imposed arbitration, but there are short deadlines: one year for most claims, two years for personal injury. A traveller home again and busy with other things can be time-barred without noticing.

Nothing establishes a Quebec licence for this carrier. Voyages AquaTerra holds one, with a trust account and the Compensation Fund for Customers of Travel Agents. And someone who answers when a connection collapses the night before departure, or when the date booked belongs to the other company on the contract.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, on 9 May 2007 at Svartsundet. The inquiry established that the chief officer, on watch, had taken the ship into a narrow strait at low water against the master's orders.
On 29 March 2017 the ship struck the quay at Risoyhamn: serious damage to quay and hull, a breach at the bow above the waterline, plating torn away. She was laid up until 12 April.
Ships that are not part of the coastal contract with the Norwegian state. They sail other programmes, shorter and less frequent, which explains an inventory far thinner than that of the route ships.
One hundred and forty-six: twenty-three in 2026, one hundred and two in 2027 and twenty-one in 2028. That is few next to the coastal ships, which carry six or seven hundred, and it follows directly from the Signature programme.
Five hundred travellers according to the carrier, eight hundred and twenty-two according to a specialist database. The first counts cruise berths, the second the total certificate including deck passengers hopping between ports.
Four: 614, 616, 619 and 625, with automatic doors, plus two accessible toilets. Her Signature fleet twin carries the same numbers, which is plausible between twins but which we could not confirm.
She dates from 2002, out of the Fosen Mek. Verksteder yard at Rissa, Norway. Refitted in 2023 with a battery hybrid conversion. She is among the newest hulls in the whole set.
Twenty-one, out of 270 cabins. It is the best ratio in the fleet, far ahead of the coastal ships. Cabins run from about a dozen square metres to over forty for the largest.
On Signature fleet programmes, outside the contracted coastal route. Published home ports include Bergen, Oslo, Tromso and Longyearbyen depending on the season and the programme.
No, she is no longer part of it. Seven Hurtigruten ships work the coastal contract, and four others belong to Havila Kystruten. This one sails other programmes.
Thirty-four northbound and thirty-three southbound, over twelve days and two thousand five hundred nautical miles for the full round trip. The public service contract requires a daily call at each, year-round.
Eleven in all, seven operated by Hurtigruten and four by Havila Kystruten, under the same state contract. They alternate departure days to guarantee a daily departure from Bergen year-round.
Nothing is imposed or posted automatically to the account, but gratuities are not in the fare. The same group's expedition brand claims the opposite, which creates frequent confusion between the two offers.
The carrier publishes no list of calls where quay access would be impossible. On one of its ships it notes that the landing craft may prevent going ashore depending on conditions. The question goes to the supplier before booking.
Yes, under the international maritime conventions, as with most European carriers. The contract falls under Norwegian law and names the court of Bergen, with no arbitration clause, and a one-year deadline for most claims.
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