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General Information for Norway
Geo-political:
Capital City: Oslo.
Nationality: (noun) Norwegian, (adjective) Norwegian.
Population: 4,660,539.
Communications:
International Direct Dial Code: 47.
Number of Internal Airports: 67.
Major Languages Spoken: Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities.
Economy:
Currency: 1 Norwegian Krone (NOK) of 100 Oere.
Main Industries: Petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles and fishing.
Environment:
Territorial Sea: 12 n.m.
Other Maritime Claims: Contiguous Zone: 10 n.m. Continental Shelf: 200 n.m. Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 n.m.
Coastline Extent: 25,148 km.
Climate: Temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast.
Natural Resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber and hydropower.
Natural Hazards: Rockslides, avalanches.
Terrain: Glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north.
Average Temperatures: 
Month High Low
January -3° C -8° C
June 20° C 10° C
September 15° C 8° C
OVERVIEW:  Svalbard and Jan Mayen:  Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, situated north of mainland Europe, about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole. The largest island in Svalbard is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeoya.
Svalbard is under the full sovereignty of Norway, but is subject to the special status granted by the Svalbard Treaty; the archipelago is not part of any Norwegian county, but forms an unincorporated area administered by a governor appointed by the Norwegian government.
Jan Mayen is a remote island in the Arctic Ocean; it has no permanent population and is administered by the County Governor of Nordland, a county in mainland northern Norway.
While not administratively related, Svalbard and Jan Mayen have been assigned the ISO code SJ.
Also see Country - General'' before first Svalbard port.
ISPS COMPLIANCE:  Port Facility Security Plans submitted.
PILOTAGE:  Pilotage should be ordered through SafeSeaNet. Alternatively, the relevant Regional Pilot Dispatch Centre can be used but may incur additional charges.
The Norwegian Coastal Administration's three pilot dispatch centres are located in Horten, Kvitsoy and Lodingen. The pilot dispatch centres are staffed at any given time with two persons who plan and coordinate each pilotage assignment; the pilot dispatcher monitors assignments from when the pilot booking is received until the pilot has been sent to a new vessel after completion of the assignment.
Lodingen Pilot Dispatch Centre: West coast of Norway, north of Lat. 65° 08.0′ N to the Russian border.
T: +47 7698 6810. F: +47 7698 6820. VHF Channels 13/16. [email protected]
Kvitsoy Pilot Dispatch Centre: West coast of Norway, south of Lat. 65° 08.0′ N to west of Egersund.
T: +47 5173 5397. F: +47 5173 5391. VHF Channels 13/16. [email protected]
Horten Pilot Dispatch Centre: South coast of Norway from west of Egersund to the Swedish border.
T: +47 3303 4970 (Oslofjorden), 3303 4954 (Skagerrak). F: +47 3303 4999. VHF Channels 13/16. [email protected]
Notification:  Vessels should send requests for pilotage 24 hours before arrival, confirming at least 5 hours in advance. When booking a pilot in SafeSeaNet Norway, a confirmation of the pilot booking or a modification of the booking will be sent by email. Request should include:
  1. vessel's name
  2. call sign
  3. nationality
  4. LOA, beam and g.t.
  5. draft
  6. nature of cargo
  7. destination
  8. purpose of call
  9. ETA at pilot boarding area, or ETD from harbour
  10. whether one or two pilots are required
  11. vessel's IMO number (if any)
  12. crew and passengers (Master's name and nationality, size of crew etc.)
  13. cargo and bunker fuel (UN number and quantity of hazardous or polluting cargo, type and quantity of bunker fuel etc.)
  14. details of passage (last port of call, next port of call etc.)
  15. details related to pilotage requests and Pilotage Exemption Certificates (PEC)
  16. Agent or operator (i.e. the Norwegian contact)
  17. shipping company (name and address).
Each pilot station should be notified on VHF 2 hours before ETA or ETD on VHF Channel 16.
Duty Pilots are located at all pilot offices and undertake outward pilotage, through (transit) pilotage and coastal pilotage.
Enquiries about compulsory pilotage, Pilotage Exemption Certificates (PEC), pilotage service dues and transitional arrangements should be made to the appropriate Pilot Booking Centre.
Pilot Boarding Areas: 
Boarding Area Position Municipality
Troms and Finnmark: 
Kirkenes Inner 1 69° 47.30′ N, 030° 04.90′ E Sor-Varanger
Kirkenes Outer 69° 51.30′ N, 030° 07.20′ E Sor-Varanger
Vardo North 70° 25.00′ N, 031° 06.00′ E Vardo
Vardo South 70° 21.00′ N, 031° 09.00′ E Vardo
Batsfjord 70° 39.50′ N, 029° 49.00′ E Batsfjord
Honningsvag Outer 2 70° 58.00′ N, 026° 16.90′ E Nordkapp
Honningsvag Inner 70° 57.50′ N, 025° 57.40′ E Nordkapp
Fruholmen 3 71° 05.00′ N, 023° 38.00′ E Masoy
Akkarfjordnaeringen 70° 47.00′ N, 023° 32.20′ E Hammerfest
Fugloya 70° 06.00′ N, 020° 12.90′ E Karlsoy
Grotnes 4 69° 52.40′ N, 019° 47.60′ E Karlsoy
Hekkingen Outer 69° 36.50′ N, 071° 51.90′ E Lenvik
Hekkingen Inner 4 69° 31.70′ N, 018° 01.90′ E Lenvik
Nordland: 
Ardenes 69° 19.50′ N, 016° 13.50′ E Andoy
Myre 5 69° 00.00′ N, 014° 58.00′ E Oksnes
Melbu 5 68° 28.00′ N, 014° 48.00′ E Hadsel
Lodingen 68° 22.90′ N, 016° 01.70′ E Lodingen
Tranoy Inner 5 68° 18.50′ N, 015° 55.70′ E Tysfjord
Tranoy Outer 68° 12.70′ N, 015° 35.70′ E Hamaroy
Svolvaer 1 68° 11.00′ N, 014° 33.00′ E Vagan
Molldora 1 68° 13.00′ N, 014° 53.50′ E Vagan
Svinoy 5 68° 02.00′ N, 013° 35.00′ E Vesvagoy
Landegode 67° 30.00′ N, 014° 22.50′ E Bodo
Store Svartoksen 67° 13.90′ N, 014° 07.20′ E Bodo
Reinvaer 67° 13.50′ N, 013° 46.20′ E Gildeskal
Asvaer Outer 66° 17.00′ N, 012° 12.50′ E Donna
Asvaer Inner 66° 15.30′ N, 012° 36.70′ E Donna
More and Trondelag: 
Grinna 5 64° 44.00′ N, 010° 58.00′ E Rorvik
Rekkoyrasa 5 64° 38.00′ N, 010° 49.00′ E Flatanger
Raudoyleia 5 64° 24.00′ N, 010° 14.00′ E Osen
Flesa 63° 39.00′ N, 009° 14.90′ E Hitra
Grip Inner 5 63° 14.00′ N, 007° 42.20′ E Kristiansund
Grip Outer 63° 15.00′ N, 007° 35.90′ E Kristiansund
Ona 6 62° 56.00′ N, 005° 27.00′ E
Breisundet 62° 27.00′ N, 005° 58.90′ E Giske
Vanylvsgapet 62° 12.50′ N, 005° 16.90′ E Selje
Vestlandet: 
Kvannhovden Vest 7 61° 43.00′ N, 004° 23.50′ E Flora
Kvannhovden 61° 42.20′ N, 004° 45.50′ E Flora
Hellefjord 5 61° 39.10′ N, 004° 51.20′ E Flora
Froysjoen 5 61° 45.00′ N, 004° 56.60′ E Flora
Holmengra West 8 60° 51.00′ N, 004° 25.90′ E Gulen
Holmengra 60° 51.40′ N, 004° 39.00′ E Fedje
Holmengra Inner 5 60° 51.40′ N, 004° 45.20′ E Fedje
Fedje West 8 60° 46.00′ N, 004° 27.90′ E Fedje
Fedjeosen 60° 44.10′ N, 004° 44.00′ E Fedje
Fedjeosen Inner 5 60° 45.70′ N, 004° 46.10′ E Fedje
Korsfjord 60° 08.60′ N, 005° 00.90′ E Austevoll
Rogaland: 
Smorstakk 59° 13.10′ N, 005° 21.00′ E Bokn
Skudenesfjord 59° 06.70′ N, 005° 26.20′ E Kvitsoy
Skudenesfjord West 8 59° 02.00′ N, 005° 10.00′ E Karmoy
Feistein 58° 51.00′ N, 005° 30.00′ E Sola
Skagerrak: 
Egersund North 58° 26.90′ N, 005° 50.90′ E Egersund
Egersund South 58° 22.90′ N, 005° 59.90′ E Egersund
Sokndal 58° 17.90′ N, 006° 13.90′ E Sokndal
Listafjord 58° 10.90′ N, 006° 32.90′ E Flekkefjord
Farsund 58° 01.50′ N, 006° 50.00′ E Farsund
Oksoy 58° 03.30′ N, 008° 05.60′ E Kristiansand
Torungen 58° 23.50′ N, 008° 48.60′ E Arendal
Langesundsbukta 58° 56.50′ N, 009° 47.60′ E Larvik
Oslofjord: 
Faerder 59° 04.50′ N, 010° 34.40′ E Tjome
Vidgrunnen 59° 01.00′ N, 010° 55.90′ E Hvaler
1 Max. LOA 110 m. Only by prior arrangement
2 Pax >25,000 g.t.; STS vessels
3 >20,000 g.t.; by helicopter
4 Max. LOA 110 m.
5 Only by prior arrangement
6 >25,000 g.t.; by helicopter
7 By helicopter. Only by prior arrangement
8 >30,000 g.t.; by helicopter
Contacts: 
Troms og Finnmark Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 33 03 48 08
E: [email protected]
Nordland Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 33 03 48 08
E: [email protected]
Møre og Trøndelag Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 71 57 08 00
E: [email protected]
Vestlandet Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 56 16 44 20 (Fedje)
T: +47 55 30 24 00 (Bergen)
E: [email protected]
Rogaland Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 51 73 60 00
E: [email protected]
Skagerrak Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 33 03 48 08
E: [email protected]
Oslofjorden Pilot Area Department.
T: +47 33 03 48 08
E: [email protected]
PRE-ARRIVAL INFORMATION:  SafeSeaNet:  SafeSeaNet Norway is an internet based maritime single window reporting system to enable vessels to provide mandatory notifications to Norwegian governmental authorities and ports in electronic form. Vessels are required to use SafeSeaNet for such notifications and SafeSeaNet will forward the notifications to individual Norwegian authorities and ports as required by regulations. SafeSeaNet complies with EU Directives 2002/59 and 2010/65. The following notifications shall be provided through SafeSeaNet:
  1. port arrival notification
  2. port departure notification for ships carrying port and carrying dangerous or polluting cargo
  3. notifications of landing of waste
  4. notifications of intent to cross the Norwegian baseline
  5. maritime security notifications
  6. Port State Control notifications
  7. Customs declarations
  8. border crossing notifications
  9. pilot requests.
The following ships are required to send a notification in SafeSeaNet Norway:
  1. vessels that intend to cross the Norwegian baseline and/or arrive in a Norwegian port
  2. vessels that are required to report HAZMAT, ISPS and Port State Control information
  3. all vessels of 300 g.t. or more must give notice before arrival or departure unless otherwise specified
  4. fishing vessels, traditional ships and pleasure craft with LOA 45 m. or more
  5. vessels over 1,000 g.t. with a bunker quantity of 300 tons or more
  6. all ships irrespective of size, carrying dangerous or polluting cargo.
SafeSeaNet Norway can also be used to send arrival notifications to the Coastal Surveillance Centre (CSC) (see below) and electronic declarations to the Norwegian Customs and Excise. Coastal Surveillance Centre (CSC) Tel: +47 7553 6299. Fax: +47 7553 6354. [email protected]
You must be a registered user to get access to SafeSeaNet Norway. To register contact: Brevik VTS. Tel: + 47 3557 2625. [email protected] To register you must provide the following:
  1. name of the relevant company
  2. company address, phone number and email address
  3. type of business, eg. agent, owner, broker, charterer
  4. the company's registration number
  5. the name of the person or persons who will perform registration work (first name and surname)
  6. his/her position of work.
When you have submitted the required information, you will be assigned a unique ID and password. You will also get information about your company ID. Remember that your designated password will be strictly personal. If you have difficulty registering, lose your ID or password, or have other problems, the user support at Brevik VTS can be helpful in resolving the problem. The user support service operates on a 24-hour basis, all year round.
Personal user access to SafeSeaNet Norway available at www.shiprep.no
The Norwegian Coastal Administration. www.kystverket.no
Coast Surveillance Centre:  Vessels are required to submit a 24-hour notification to the Coastal Surveillance Centre preferably via SafeSeaNet otherwise directly/via agent to [email protected]
The following information should be advised: 
  1. vessel IMO number, name and nationality
  2. call sign, mobile/satellite phone number
  3. vessel type, cargo, draft and g.t.
  4. purpose of call
  5. indication of lat./long. where vessel is planning to cross the Norwegian baseline upon arrival and departure
  6. port of destination with ETA and ETD
  7. Norwegian point of contact (agent, operator, port owner etc.).
VTS/RADAR:  Norway operates five Vessel Traffic Service Centres through the Norwegian Coastal Administration. These cover ship traffic along the Norwegian coast.
Horten VTS:  Located in the port of Horten. Its area of responsibility is to monitor and regulate shipping in the waters from Faerder to Spro/Steilene at Nesodden. The waters in this area are the responsibility of the Oslo Port Traffic Control Centre.
T: +47 3303 4960, 3303 4953, 4756 5448
F: +47 33 03 49 99
VHF: 18 (Inner Oslofjord), 19 (Outer Oslofjord)
E: [email protected]
Brevik VTS:  Located at Brevikstrommen in Porsgrunn Municipality. It covers the approaches to the major industrial area in Grenland, where a large portion of the ship traffic consists of gas carriers and vessels with other hazardous cargo. There is a special dispensation scheme with regard to compulsory pilotage in this area.
T: +47 3557 2610
F: +47 3557 2619
VHF: 80
E: [email protected]
Kvitsoy VTS:  Located in Kvitsoy Municipality in Rogaland. The VTS Centre covers the area from Bomla Fjord in the north to the Jaeren Reef in the south. The centre's main duties include traffic monitoring in connection with shipments from the gas terminal at Karsto, in addition to general monitoring of coastal traffic in an area with a relatively high traffic density.
T: +47 5173 6032 (Area South)
+47 5173 6033 (Area North)
VHF: 18 (Area South)
19 (Area North)
E: [email protected]
Fedje VTS:  Located on the island municipality of Fedje in North Hordaland and covers the area from the Sogne Sea in the north to the Hjelte Fjord at Sture in the south. Its main duties are related to oil shipments from the Sture and Mongstad terminals, in addition to traffic control centre tasks in an area with high traffic density.
T: +47 5616 4430
VHF: 80
E: [email protected]
Vardo VTS:  Vardo VTS has NOR VTS as it call name, covers traffic monitoring in the northern areas, from the Barents Sea to Lofoten by means of radar monitoring, ship reporting and AIS. Vardo VTS also administers the state tugboat emergency preparedness scheme in northern Norway.
From 1 July 2008 the Vardo VTS Centre was made responsible for monitoring all tankers and other hazardous traffic along the entire coast and the sea area around Svalbard, with the exception of the areas of operation for the Norwegian Coastal Administration's other four VTS centres.
T: +47 7898 9898
F: +47 7898 9899
VHF: 16 or channels administered by Vardo or Bodo Radio. MMSI No: 002573550 
E: [email protected]
Arrival Notification: 
1. Arrival Notification should be sent at least 24 hours before entering the Norwegian Internal Waters (NIW). In need for dispensation to enter NIW earlier than 24 hours, vessels should contact the Norwegian authorities through SafeSeaNet (SSN), a CRS, or on the telephone numbers quoted above. EU and EEA vessels are to forward the Arrival Notifiction as early as possible, not later than when crossing into Norwegian Territorial Waters (NTW). Such notifications may be made in written or oral form.
2. Messages from vessel without a valid AAIC (Accounting Authority Identification Code) will not be accepted at the CRS.
3. The Arrival Notification shall contain the following:
a) vessel's name
b) call sign
c) AAIC
d) IMO identity
e) MMSI number
f) flag (nationality)
g) type of vessel
h) type, quantity and UN number of cargo
I) LOA (feet or metres), beam (feet or metres), draft (feet or metres) and tonnage (g.t.)
j) last non-Norwegian port/place and country
k) next non-Norwegian port/place and country
l) date, time (UTC) and position on entering Norwegian baseline
m) date, time (UTC) and position on leaving Norwegian baseline
n) port (name, ETA, ETD and purpose)
o) Norwegian Agent's name, address and telephone number
p) vessel's communication numbers (Inmarsat or telephone)
q) Master's name and nationality
4. Vessels intending to make more than one port of call within NTW should repeat the details in sections n) and o) above for the additional ports.
5. If any changes occur to the original Arrival Notification of more than 4 hours from the previously advised ETA/ETD etc., an update of the Arrival Notification should be forwarded to the Norwegian authorities without delay.
Reporting Point Notification: 
1. Reporting Point Notification should be sent when crossing the Norwegian baseline upon entering and leaving Norwegian Internal Waters (NIW).
2. Vessels are also to send a Reporting Point Notification when passing one of the Reporting Lines stated below
3. The Reporting Point Notification shall contain the following:
a) vessel's name
b) call sign
c) AAIC
d) IMO identity
e) MMSI number
f) flag (nationality)
g) current position (in Lat./Long.)
h) destination
I) Master's name and nationality
Reporting Lines:  Vessels should report when passing the following reporting lines:
Number Name Reporting Line
1 Kvitsoy Lat. 59° 05.00′ N
2 Stadt Lat. 62° 10.00′ N
3 Rorvik Lat. 64° 52.00′ N
4 Landegode Lat. 67° 27.00′ N
5 Tromso Lat. 69° 41.00′ N
6 Honningsvag Long. 26° 05.00′ E
Passing the baseline When entering or leaving NTW
1. The baseline consists of straight lines joining the outermost points of the entire Norwegian coast. All waters inside of the baseline and Norwegian Internal Waters (NIW).
2. Norwegian Territorial Waters (NTW) means all waters within the territorial limits (12 n.m. from the baseline).
3. Stopping or anchoring while passing through NTW is only permitted when such action is incidental to ordinary navigation or is rendered necessary by force majeure or distress or for the purpose of rendering assistance to persons, ships or aircraft which are in danger or distress. If a vessel makes a temporary stop or remains stationary, the Norwegian authorities shall be notified without undue delay.
WASTE DISPOSAL:  All Norwegian ports have introduced a special garbage disposal fee.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE:  Norwegian rescue services are carried out through cooperation between government agencies, voluntary organisations and private companies who have resources appropriate for rescue services.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centres have the overall operational responsibility during search and rescue operations. The operations are coordinated either directly from one of two Joint Rescue Coordination Centres (JRCC) which are situated in Bodoe and in Sola near Stavanger, or through one of 28 rescue sub-centres.
The border between the counties Nord-Trondelag and Nordland, at 65 degrees north, also marks the border between the JRCC Northern Norway and the JRCC Southern Norway. Notification of an accident is given to the JRRC or to the nearest police authority on the emergency telephone number 112. Notification of a missing person is given to the police.
Contact:  JRCC South Norway. T: +47 5151 7000 (emergency). T: +47 5164 6000 (operations). [email protected]
JRCC North Norway. T: +47 75559000 (emergency). T: +47 7555 9300 (operations). [email protected]
REGULATIONS:  EU MRV:  The EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) regulation entered into force on 1 July 2015, and it requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report and verify CO 2 emissions for vessels larger than 5,000 g.t. calling at any EU and EFTA (Norway and Iceland) port. Data collection takes place on a per voyage basis and started 1 January 2018.
The reported CO 2 emissions, together with additional data, are to be verified by independent certified bodies and sent to a central database managed by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The aggregated ship emission and efficiency data will be published by the EC by 30 June 2019 and then every consecutive year.
Ship owners and operators shall monitor the CO 2 emissions of their vessels per voyage conducted into, between and out of EU (and EFTA) ports. A voyage is defined as any movement of a ship that originates from, or terminates in, a port of call (EU port) and that serves the purpose of transporting passengers or cargo for commercial purposes.
HOLIDAYS:  1 January (New Year's Day); Palm Sunday; Maundy Thursday; Good Friday; Easter Sunday; Easter Monday; 1 May (Labour Day); 17 May (Constitution Day); Ascension Day; Whit Sunday; Whit Monday; 25 December (Christmas Day); 26 December (Boxing Day).
Non-official holidays: 24 December (Christmas Eve) and 31 December (New Year's Eve), work may cease early, subject to individual ports.
AUTHORITY:  The Norwegian Coastal Administration, PO Box 1502, 6025 Alesund, Norway. T: +47 (33) 034808, 07847. F: +47 (70) 231008. [email protected] www.kystverket.no Contact: Anne-Berit Herstad, Head of Communication. T: +47 2224 6407. [email protected]