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Activists blocked ferry with wind turbine equipment

Activists demonstrated against the development of wind turbines on Haramsøya and stormed the 'Austevoll' which docked at Haramsøya in the morning of May 27, 2020, with construction material. Police pulled out with crews in two cars after receiving the report of demonstrations at Skjelten ferry dock just after 10 a.m. The action posed a danger to protesters, crew and passengers. Just before, the police had been notified of a demonstration at the Skjelten ferry dock in connection with the Haram wind turbine. The construction equipment will be used for wind power development on Haramsøya outside Ålesund. On March 24, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy approved the construction of the wind turbine, as they upheld NVE's approval. However, parts of the local population have not settled with this, and for several days actions have been taken in an attempt to prevent the expansion of the power plant. Around 11.30 a.m., ther were only a few protesters left on the dock. Cars from the contractors were not allowed to drive from the ferry. Also on May 26, several people had blocked the ferry quay on Haramsøya for trailers with equipment for the wind turbines. Norwegian report with photo: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/2GrwEx/aksjonister-stormet-ferge

Ferry suffered turbo failure

On Oct 1, 2019, just after noon the operator Norled announced that the sailings on the Skjeltene-Lepsøya-Haramsøya route had to be cancelled after the 'Austevoll' suffered a failure in a turbo of the main engine. The ferry had to be assisted by tugs and towed to a yard in Fiskarstrand for repairs. The ferry "Os" was inserted as a replacement with a sailing from Skjeltene. At 3.40 p.m. Norled reported that a spare ferry from Skjeltene was to be deployed at 4.10 p.m. and offering regular operations. Norwegian report with photos: https://www.smp.no/nyheter/2019/10/01/Motorhavari-for-%C2%ABAustevoll%C2%BB-20071409.ece

Ferry sidelined after damage of cooling water system

There was an over four hour Long interruption on the Ferry route Larsnes–Åram–Voksa–Kvamsøya after the "Austevoll" was sidelined at Larsnes on Oct 4, 2014, at 4.50 p.m. after gas smell had been detected aboard. The damage of the cooling water system was repaired at 9.15 p.m. A lighter tanker from Moldskred Renovation sucked the mixture of water and oil from the Ferry so that the engineer could repair the hose. Also on Oct 5 the ferry had to skip a departure due to technical problems.