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Hurtigruten decides to suspend expedition cruises
Three cruise ships are scheduled to be temporarily detained
August 3, 2020
As a result of cases of Covid-19 infection found on board by the roald Amundsencruise ship, today the Norwegian company Hurtigruten announced the suspension temporary, up to the date to be allocated, of all cruises scheduled with their own cruise ships for Roald expeditions Amundsen,Fridtjof Nansen and Spitsbergen,while maritime services operated by the company along the coasts of Norway.
"The safety and well-being of our guests and crew - pointed out the CEO of the company, Daniel Skjeldam - are the priority Hurtigruten. We are currently focusing all efforts to take care of our guests and our Colleagues. We are working closely with the authorities Norwegian national and local health services for further action, information and testing and monitoring of infections.'
"In light of the recent increase in new cases of Covid-19 Skjeldam continued that the only choice responsible is to suspend all departures of cruises for shipments until we are absolutely certain to be able to carry out our operations in line with all requirements of the authorities and in line with the requirements even more we have set out to adopt."
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