Norway’s future is fishing and tourism, believes Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam, which according DN is strongly opposed to open for oil drilling in Lofoten.
– There is one thing everyone should be aware: Although opening the Lofoten and the rest of the Barents Sea for oil drilling, it will create few jobs along the coast. It comes little to coastal communities, they get increased risk and few or no jobs, while the money goes to the Treasury and oil clusters, he says the newspaper.
Instead mean Hurtigruten boss that it must invest in fishing and tourism.
– Any future oil fields will give little to the coast and little to northern Norway. I am concerned that politicians focus on oil destroys the ability to create other industries. There will be a vacuum which destroys opportunities for creating other workplaces locally, says Skjeldam to DN, and highlights the group’s decision last week to drop the landing of oil from Johan Castberg.
– The figures are clear: Oil provides low local value creation in the northern Norwegian society. Nordkapp Municipality anticipated many jobs with the landing of oil from Johan Castberg. It comes zero jobs there. Instead, take the oil directly onto ships, says Skjeldam.
Hegnar.no stating that Periscopus AS by Trygve OBI owns 5 percent of Hurtigruten.
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