Video: Battery powered ship makes maritime history with first journey

With the historic order:  “We could shut down the engines and run only on battery power…” Captain Kai Albrigsten sailed the MS Roald Amundsen into marine history yesterday, stopping his main engines so she could […]

Is this the greenest ship on the planet?

It will eventually be fuelled by fish. It’s already a hybrid. And when it travels in the Polar regions it will run silently on batteries. Welcome to the future of cruising. We are all more […]

What happens when that swanky new cruise ship doesn’t launch on time?

So you booked that swanky new ship that everyone’s talking about. But suddenly, that revolutionary new design is taking a little longer to get into the water. What happens next? Scenic’s much-anticipated new luxury vessel, […]

Hurtigruten drops all single-use plastic in industry first

Hurtigruten has become the first cruise company to remove all single-use plastic straws, plastic glasses, coffee lids and plastic bags across its fleet of cruise ships from July 2. Plastic straws have been replaced by […]

Hybrid ships delayed by Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten has scuppered the debut of a ship due to make its bow this year while Victory Cruise Lines suffers a setback to a major relaunch. Hurtigruten’s 530-passenger Roald Amundsen will now not set sail […]

The countries where you’ll save if you cruise

Hurtigruten

For 117 years, Hurtigruten has pioneered cruising along the Norwegian coast. Hurtigruten also cruises to Antarctica, Greenland, Spitsbergen and Europe. From polar-bear spotting and iceberg-calving to whale-watching and the Northern Lights, the reality of an experienced Hurtigruten voyage far exceeds the imagination.