The Norwegian Coastal Administration hopes to have a solution about Sandefjord harbor throughout the week

Shade Line has been crusing from Larvik over the weekend following the Coastal Administration on Friday rejected Sandefjord Havn’s utility for additional approval as a global port.

Shade Line quickly moved its two day by day sailings from Sandefjord to Larvik. The liquidation has gone properly, in response to the corporate.

– However it creates challenges for us as a result of ships and port services are tailored for Sandefjord, not Larvik. Thankfully, we’re in a position to perform departures as regular, says communications director Erik Brynhildsbakken in Shade Line to NTB.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration deployed additional folks

The ferry firm is now hoping for clarification from the Coastal Administration and Sandefjord municipality as quickly as doable.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has acquired the brand new utility from Sandefjord municipality, however it’s at present troublesome to say something extra regarding how issues are going, in response to division director Richard Lobb Utne.

– It is determined by the end result of the evaluation. These are intensive paperwork and demanding case complexes that can take time, however we’ve got put in additional sources, he says.

– There may be purpose to consider that we’ll have extra info to offer throughout the week. We hope to have a solution as quickly as doable, he provides.

Despatched new evaluation

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has been in touch with Sandefjord municipality relating to the port for a very long time, director of navigation expertise and maritime providers Arve Dimmen instructed NRK this weekend.

– We’ve tried to clarify why we can not approve the work they’ve delivered to this point, he says.

The municipality has now submitted a brand new evaluation of the safety danger on the port. If the evaluation is adequate and it’s accredited, the port will have the ability to reopen pretty shortly, in response to Dimmen.

What concrete measures the Coastal Administration has requested by way of safety measures, they can not go into as a result of such info is exempt from public disclosure.

Two spherical journeys day-following-day – as regular

Shade Line says the provide can proceed as regular in the interim. The corporate has needed to do some variations , however has two spherical journeys to Strömstad day-following-day as regular. They sail at roughly the identical time, and so they have put in a bus from Sandefjord for vacationers who need assistance with transport to Larvik.

– We skilled that the purchasers had been in a position to adapt very properly. A big proportion of those that had been booked in obtained to journey with us on the weekend, says Brynhildsbakken.