Fri 30 May, 2008
| Posted in: Norway's 2,700 km of coastline is dotted with just 60 public ports, serving around 300 coastal communities and 80% of the nation’s 4.5m inhabitants.
Despite the fact that these maritime communities have traditionally looked to the sea for their livelihoods, the significance of sea transport has been in decline in recent decades.
Oil wealth since the 1970s has brought an extensive investment in road infrastructure along the country’s long and narrow coastline, with air transport additionally helping...