Hinnoy

On July 15, the operations manager for the Vestfjord department in Torghatten informed that the cause of the problems of the manoevering system 'Hinnøy' has probably been found. The operator received assistance from an external company on July 14, which has delivered a new maneuvering system to the vessel, and tthe repair was underway, However, it has not been determined how to prevent this from happening again, and it was therefore difficult to say when the ferry would be up and running again. An extra ferry will not be deployed in the meantime, as there is a shortage of available ferries during the high season. If there was a lot of traffic, it was recommend driving via Narvik. The ferry remained sidelined in Lødingenuntil the morning of July 16, when it returned on the connection to Bognes, starting with a departure from Lødingen at 09:00 a.m.

On July 13, at 10.30 a.m. the 'Hinnøy ', serving on the route between Lødingen and Bognes, suffered technical problems: and head to be removed from service. The ship was sidelined in Lødingen for repairs and remained stationary as of July 14. The operator Torghatten was working to find a solution, while all departures on the A route had to be cancelled until further notice. This also causeds delays for the bus from Bodø to Sortland/Narvik Just before 1:00 ü-m-, Reise Nordland announced that this meant that approximately one hour of delay had tp be expected on bus route line 100, from Lødingen to Sortland.