Norwegian Coast Guard Archives

August 26, 2019

Coast guard vessel becomes first Norwegian ship to reach North Pole

Written by Baird Maritime on August 26, 2019. Posted in Icebreaking, Marine Research and Training, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

A vessel operated by the Norwegian Coast Guard has become the first Norwegian ship to reach the North Pole.

June 26, 2018

Norwegian Coast Guard orders three vessels from Vard

Written by Baird Maritime on June 26, 2018. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

Vard Holdings has signed a new contract for the construction of three vessels for the Norwegian Coast Guard.

April 24, 2019

Collision with tanker may have caused fishing boat to capsize, Norwegian investigators claim

Written by Baird Maritime on April 24, 2019. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue, Tanker World.

Police investigators in Norway are looking into the possibility that a collision with a passing commercial ship had caused a recreational fishing boat to capsize in the ..

July 27, 2018

FEATURE | A new gap in the high north and forward defence against Russian naval power

Written by Steve Wills on July 27, 2018. Posted in Maritime Security World.

The stand-up of a new NATO Maritime headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the re-establishment of the US Navy’s East Coast-based Second Fleet and the prospect for a new ..