On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at 21:11:47 UTC, John Hall wrote:
In message , Norman Lynagh
writes

snip fascinating stuff
In 'normal' times a ship departs Bergen every evening of the year,
except Christmas Day, for the 12-day round trip. I think the service is
currently suspended.
I'm a little surprised by that, as for some small ports inaccessible
except by sea I believe the Hurtigruten service is pretty much their
only contact with the outside world. I know that back in March, when
Norway first closed their ports to cruise ships, they made an exception
for Hurtigruten ferry and cargo operations, though presumably they would
no longer have been allowed to carry tourists. I could understand if
they had since banned ferry passengers, but I would have thought the
cargo and mail delivery side would have been viewed as essential.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon


You can track shipping in & out of Svalbard here https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...ry:71.5/zoom:5 A supply ship will be green. Currently plenty of fishing still going on, a bit chilly I should imagine.

The supply ship to Scilly is currently at St Mary's. It can normally take a few passengers, but at the moment you'd need an excellent reason to be travelling, basically key workers. I know that 4 or 5 days without a supply ship & the Coop on Scilly (there is only 1 supermarket) is pretty much stripped bare.

Graham
Penzance