Havila Voyages has been forced to cancel four turn of year sailings from Bergen onboard new ship Havila Polaris owing to an ongoing dispute over the ship’s ownership.
Havila Polaris sails along Norway's coastline for Havila Voyages
Earlier this month, the Norwegian coastal line gained a positive high court ruling concerning the original leasing financing of its fleet of coastal cruise ships after subsidiaries of Russian state leasing firm GTLK were impacted by sanctions relating to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
However, it is now waiting on debts to the original financing partner to be cleared before it can take over Polaris, construction of which has been completed in Turkey.
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