Shipowner Per Saevik is scouting shipyards for newbuildings after snapping Hurtigruten’s century-long stranglehold on a Norwegian coastal shipping route.
Saevik backed Havila Kystruten has broken into the Bergen and Kirkenes route which has been run by Hurtigruten since it was founded in 1893.
TDR Capital-controlled Hurtigruten will keep seven ships for the business, with Saevik set to take over four of the vessels.
