Powered by the world’s second longest coastline
Page date: Published 13 Nov 2023; updated 7 Aug 2026. 8 min read.
The article presents Norway’s ocean industries as an extension of its long coastline and maritime history. It gives a coastline length of 100,915 km including islands and describes Norway as active in offshore wind, green maritime, fisheries and aquaculture. It says Norway’s shipping fleet is the world’s sixth largest and highlights specialized ships, maritime equipment and offshore engineering. Claims and figures here are those stated by the article.
On offshore wind, it describes a Norwegian government aim to allocate 30 GW by 2040 and highlights the domestic supply chain, deep-water wind engineering and the transfer of offshore oil and gas expertise. It recounts Hywind Demo, installed in 2009, Hywind Scotland, operating since 2017, and the 88 MW Hywind Tampen becoming fully operational in 2023. The article says Hywind Scotland reduced costs by almost 70% compared with Hywind Demo and Hywind Tampen represents roughly half of global floating wind capacity; these are source claims and may be time-sensitive. It also profiles the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Karmøy and its floating wind testing work.
Other examples covered include electric ferries (about 100 in operation, per the article), including Ampere and Medstraum; battery-electric workboats and commercial vessels from firms including Evoy and Hukkelberg; autonomous electric urban ferries from Hyke; and digital boat systems for monitoring, fleet management and remote operation. It describes maritime hydrogen projects including the liquid-hydrogen PEM fuel-cell ferry Hydra, hydrogen ferries planned for Bodø–Lofoten, and an ammonia fuel-cell system for the offshore vessel Viking Energy.
The aquaculture section surveys sea-lice controls from Harbor, Stingray Marine Solutions and Fishency; closed systems such as Bluegreen Technologies’ Marine Donut and FishGLOBE’s enclosed mobile fish farm; recirculating aquaculture systems from EcoFishCircle, MAT-KULING and Kaldnes; and uses for marine residuals. It states that about 82% of Norway’s fisheries and fish-farm harvest is used, citing fish-waste conversion, net and rope recycling by Nofir, and salmon-skin leather by Norskinn. It also links this ocean economy discussion to sustainability and Norwegian marine regulation.
Related links: Aquaculture and fisheries; Battery; Energy; Circular economy; Maritime; Offshore wind; Hydrogen. Numerous company and project links appear throughout the article.