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Invest in Norway: Green maritime
- The page presents Norway’s maritime tradition and 150+ years as a global shipping nation as a base for the green transition. It says the first electric ferry, Ampere, launched in Norway in 2014 and more than 70% of Norwegian ferries are now electric; Norwegian firms have built the first liquid-hydrogen ferry and battery-electric fast ferry. Five Norwegian companies are building a large electric fast ferry for Argentina–Uruguay service (capacity stated as over 2,200 passengers and 200 cars).
- Page-reported 2023 sector figures: nearly 90,000 employees and NOK 211bn revenue (about USD 20bn); fourth-largest shipping nation by value creation, seventh by ship count and eighth by tonnage. It highlights specialised electric/hybrid vessels, ship equipment and digital solutions across vessel life cycles and R&D in newbuilds, retrofits and upgrades.
- Market opportunities include new marine fuels, shore power, hydrogen infrastructure and zero-emission shipping. The page says Norway’s Navy plans 28 new small vessels with innovative solutions and local-content requirements (a supplier must have a Norwegian-registered company). It frames this against IMO ambitions for zero international-shipping emissions by 2050, with 2030 reductions of 20–30% and 2040 reductions of 70–80% versus 2008.
- Maritime CleanTech is described as having 150+ partners across the value chain; Sustainable Energy, a Norwegian Catapult Centre, offers facilities and expertise to test energy technologies from prototype through operational land/marine settings. Invest in Norway offers sector information, networks and site-selection support.
- Public contacts: Gard Madsen, Director of Investment, Oslo (gard.madsen@innovasjonnorge.no; +47 909 37 833); Charlotte Hartvigsen Lem, Investment Manager, Vestland, Bergen (Charlotte.Hartvigsen.Lem@innovasjonnorge.no; +47 928 16 036); and Rita Østbø Stobbs, listed as on maternity leave, Rogaland, Stavanger (Rita.Ostbo.Stobbs@innovasjonnorge.no; +47 463 33 649).
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