Pierless ferry stops in Norway, might one have to arrange own transportation for the final meters?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 28 Jul, 2023
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It’s not a common thing, but it does exist. My family owns a cabin on a very small private island. When I was little, we would arrange with the ferry to drop us off. He would then sail right up close to our pier, and we would jump ashore before he reversed out.
When we wanted to go home, we would contact the ferryman by radio, and he would pick us up on his next scheduled trip.
Today, the island close to ours is road-connected, so now we simply have a small boat there to travel the last leg.
I saw something similar on Svalbard. We were on a guided tour, when the boat stopped in the fjord to pick up people by a RIB they lowered from the ship (likely locals who had been visiting their cabin).
However, as far as I’m aware, this is only necesarry when your final destination is not land-connected, and you make personal arrangements. The fact that it’s actually on the time table sounds strange. It might be a personal arrangement with a local who commute to the main land, and the time table is simply there for his convenience.
I assume that if you ordered a ticket to a island that did not have a pier, they would inform you that you would need to arrange pickup (if they do not offer it themselves).
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