Hurtigruten 2019/20

HURTIGRUTEN has declared war on plastic, pledging to ban all unnecessary single use plastic in its business & supply chain by Jul.

The company is striving to become the world’s first plastic free shipping company and by 02 Jul will remove from its ships all plastic straws, drink mixers, plastic glasses, coffee lids & plastic bags.

“There is a lot of talk about the impact plastic has on our oceans, but it’s time to take action,” said Hurtigruten ceo Daniel Skjeldam.

“By getting rid of single use plastic on board all ships already by this [northern] summer, we will hopefully get others to follow,” Skjeldam said.

MEANWHILE, Bentours has published Hurtigruten’s local 2019/20 Explorer brochure, which detailed a collection of itineraries revealed in Dec ( CW 21 Dec).

The program includes new destinations such as Alaska, Franz Josef Land, Murmansk in high Russia, Europe and Atlantic Canada, along with the regular locations of Antarctica, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland and Norway.

Itineraries on the new hybrid vessels, including MS Fridtjof Nansen also feature.

Last month Bentours also opened bookings for Hurtigruten’s 2019/20 Norwegian coastal voyages, with departures available up until 31 May 2020.

Skjeldam is pictured.