Hurtigruten has grounded in the Sognefjord – NRK Vestland

A fast route ship has run aground in Steinsundet.

The main rescue center (HRS) was notified of the grounding at 09.05 on Friday morning.

All emergency services have been notified and are on their way to the scene. So is a tugboat.

– At the moment we don’t know much more than that the ship has run aground, says communications adviser Anja Bakken in HRS.

There will be 70 people on board, the operations manager in the West police district tells NRK.

TV 2 first reported the incident.

The NAIS service shows that the ship sailed in a circle outside Ålesund last night, and that it lost speed at 09:01 today.

– Serious

According to HRS, no one should be injured, but work is still being done to get an overview of the situation.

There is currently no indication that anyone is injured or that the ship is taking on water.

– But it is clear that it is serious when a large ship runs aground, says Bakken.

The boat has recently been at Myklebust shipyard for conversion to battery operation.

The ship Richard With is named after Hurtigruten’s founder. The ship was built in 1993 and has a capacity of 590 passengers.

In 2009, the ship had a longer stay at the workshop after a grounding in Trondheim.

According to the tracking service MarineTraffic the ship was on its way from Hareid on Sunnmøre to Bergen.