The Norwegian cruise company Havila Voyages was honoured at this year's “Kreuzfahrtguide Award” in the sustainability category for its ship Havila Pollux – and thus for its clear vision for sustainable cruise tourism. The award ceremony took place in Hamburg Tuesday evening.
Havila Voyages’ coastal cruise ships Havila Pollux and Havila Polaris have been featured as some of the exciting new places in the just revealed TIME annual list of the World’s Greatest Places, which highlights 100 extraordinary destinations to visit and stay. To compile this list, TIME solicits nominations of places – including hotels, cruises, restaurants, attractions, museums, parks, and more.
On Monday, the coastal cruise ship Havila Pollux was named at Bryggen in Bergen by godmother Erna Solberg, former Prime Minister of Norway. "A very beautiful ship," says Solberg after the naming ceremony.
Unfortunately, Havila Pollux must cancel the round trip scheduled to start from Bergen on Monday, May 13. The naming ceremony the same day will go as planned.
On Monday, May 13th, the naming ceremony of the coastal cruise ship Havila Pollux will be held at Bryggen in Bergen, with former Prime Minister Erna Solberg as the ships godmother.
Havila Voyages (Havila Kystruten AS) has today completed a refinancing that secures stronger liquidity and balance sheet for the company.
Due to a storm warning with gusts of up to hurricane force in Hustadvika on Saturday, the coastal route ship Havila Pollux cancels the sailing Trondheim - Bergen - Trondheim. Havila Capella also cancels parts of its northbound route.
The coastal cruise ship Havila Pollux is resuming its route from Trondheim on Tuesday, November 7th. Havila Voyages has also conducted new emission measurements and has reported a 37% reduction in CO2 emissions on their ships.
On Monday morning, Havila Pollux experienced technical problems with an electric motor, which means that the ship must cancel its ongoing voyage.
The coastal cruise ship Havila Pollux departed from Bergen on Wednesday evening, marking the inclusion of all of Havila Voyages vessels in service along the historic coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes.
Early Thursday morning, Havila Pollux arrived in Norway from the Tersan shipyard in Turkey, completing the fleet of Havila Voyages. A few hours later she docked behind her sister ship, Havila Polaris.
The largest suites on Havila Voyages’ Norwegian Coastal route ships are named after lighthouses along the Norwegian coast. The names of the lighthouse suites on Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux are now being revealed.
Am Dienstag, dem 1. August, wurden die Küstenkreuzfahrtschiffe Havila Polaris und Havila Pollux im Rahmen einer offiziellen Zeremonie auf der Tersan-Werft in der Türkei endgültig an Havila Voyages übergeben. „Ein Meilenstein für die Reederei”, sagt CEO Bent Martini.
On Tuesday, August 1st, the coastal cruise ships Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux were finally delivered to Havila Voyages during an official ceremony at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey. "A milestone for the shipping company," says CEO Bent Martini.
Havila Voyages has succeeded in refinancing its fleet, and as of today is the owner of the coastal cruise ship Havila Capella.
Havila Voyages has received a license from the Central Bank of Ireland to enable the financing and delivery of its coastal cruise ships Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux to proceed.
Havila Voyages hat von der irischen Zentralbank eine Lizenz erhalten, die die Finanzierung und Ablieferung der Küstenkreuzfahrtschiffe Havila Polaris und Havila Pollux ermöglicht.
The Norwegian Ministry of Transport has withdrawn its notice of a fine for delayed start-up of the coastal cruise ship Havila Polaris due to force majeure. “A relief”, says managing director Bent Martini of Havila Voyages.
As Havila Voyages has not yet received a response to its application for a license from the Irish central bank, the company has decided to postpone the start-up of Havila Polaris until 7th of April 2023. Also, Tersan shipyard has announced delayed delivery of Havila Pollux due to force majeure after the earthquake disaster in Turkey.
Da Havila Voyages noch keine Antwort auf seinen Lizenzantrag bei der irischen Zentralbank erhalten hat, hat das Unternehmen beschlossen, die planmäßige Inbetriebnahme von Havila Polaris auf den 7. April 2023 zu verschieben. Zudem hat die Tersan-Werft die verspätete Auslieferung von Havila Pollux aufgrund höherer Gewalt nach der Erdbebenkatastrophe in der Türkei angekündigt.