NJORD
Course/Position
Latest ports
Latest Waypoints
Latest news
Russian tug allowed to transit Norwegian waters for safety reasons under surveillance
On March 24, 2023, the Russian 'Njord' went all the way from the Helgeland coast up the Gisund through the Sandnessundet and into the Finnmark fjords before, in the afternoon of March 28, it entered Russian waters on its way to Murmansk. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been little or no traffic in Norwegian waters by Russian vessels other than trawlers. But in the afternoon of March 24, the signal of the tug appeared in the south of Nordland. The Norwegian Armed Forces' operational headquarters. Control had allowed the small vessel to go that far for safety reasons, but they have had control over it and followed it all the way. The alternative was simply considered unsafe.
Upload News