Rising global demand for its program of Norwegian coastal cruising has prompted Hurtigruten to expand its range of Signature voyages with the addition of MS Midnatsol to its premium fleet.

Hurtigruten Group has confirmed the repositioning of HX’s (Hurtigruten Expeditions) MS Maud to sister company Hurtigruten Norway, returning to the Norwegian coastal operation.

Hurtigruten has confirmed it will convert three of its existing ships to premium, hybrid-powered expedition ships. Utilising the same technology that is fuelling the Norwegian cruise company’s newest ‘green ship’, MS Roald Amundsen, Hurtigruten plans to install battery packs to MS Trollfjord, MS Finnmarken and MS Midnatsol, relaunching them all by 2021 under new names and operating year-long itineraries along the Norwegian coastline.