Dyflin
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After decades of historic service there will no longer be any Norwegians on the Newcastle to Bergen ferry route. 248 officers and crew have lost their jobs on the Fjord Norway which has been bought over by the Danish company DFDS. I personally have many fond memories of the ferries used on this route from the mid seventies onwards and have to admit, it won't be the same having a Danish company running this most Norwegian of routes. 
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landaftaf
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mmmm - at least the ship is being staffed by eu nationals, not like the cork/swansea ferry route when it was taken over a few years ago.
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Dyflin
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They sacked the Norwegians because EU nationals were cheaper...
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landaftaf
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it is getting increasingly more difficult to get wooden tops to sea these days, quite a few noggie ships are being flagged out, and there are apparently more NIS ships/tickets available.
sign of the times - and have you seen the noggie seafarers social packages - WOW
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Dyflin
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Funny thing is they are screaming for them in the North Sea...
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landaftaf
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who ? noggies ???? too expensive 
nah, there are a dearth of noggies to man the oil support ships - thats why they are coming over to brit/foc flags 
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Dyflin
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No really, there building more and more ships and just don't have enough men to crew them. The brits are being sent to all the [--word removed--] places. When I was in Aberdeen a couple of years ago all the Maersk boats had Danish crew onboard and the Brit manned Maersk boats were dodging bullets in the third world oil fields. The company I worked for sold out to Norwegians and most of the lads were replaced by locals.
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tome
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What a pity. I've been travelling on them since a kid - when they were the Bergen line and had ships such as the Leda, Venus and Jupiter. My father worked for them for many years in Bergen
Here's a young tome on the Leda, nostalgia!
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Dyflin
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Nostalgic indeed!
My fondest memories are of the old Fred Olsen Venus and Jupiter ships
I remember one trip (in June!) being up on deck just behind the bridge wing and my father had to stop filming as she was shipping seas overs the starboard shoulder!
Then they took them off the route and did something scarey to them
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ValleyForge
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Thats a shame, we went on the Fjord Norway this summer to Bergen, nice ship, really nice crew. Only way to travel, never want to fly again. Suppose they'll be Romanians or summat next year. (you know, experienced seafarers, like the Swiss...).
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