PARTNERSHIP
Freshly fallen snow drapes the mountains surrounding Kirkenes, a small fjord town in Norway’s frozen Arctic and the last stop on Hurtigruten’s Coastal Express service. With harbour seals watching on from the shore, a sleek black and red ship heaves to and hoists its magnificent sails to prepare for its, the world’s most energy-efficient ship, to sail with the help of wind and solar power. This is Hurtigruten Norway’s vision for the near future and working together with a consortium of 12 maritime partners and the research institute SINTEF, they’re well on their way to making it a reality. Hurtigruten Norway’s CEO, Hedda Felin, says will usher in a new era of 100 per cent emission-free cruising that will make use of the best engineering, artificial intelligence, and technology available. But first, they need to build her.
