Ticketing issue fixed on buses and trains, sea food exports down, costs from 2023 storm grow and more news from Norway this Wednesday.
Ruter’s ticketing systems suffer temporary breakdown
Passengers were permitted to travel without a ticket on Ruter transport services this morning due to a technical fault with ticketing systems.
“Ruter is experiencing technical problems with the app,” the transport operator’s press officer Karoline Berg told NRK. Ticket inspectors were aware of the situation.
Berg told Avisa Oslo that the issue had been fixed just after 9am.
“The ticket system is down. You can travel without a ticket on Ruter’s buses, trams and metro for the next half hour,” the Ruter app stated shortly after 08:30.
“For trains and ferries, you must purchase a ticket from onboard staff, with no additional onboard fee,” it added.
Sea food exports down despite strong salmon sales
Norway exported seafood worth 18.3 billion kroner in October, a decline of 122 million kroner or 1 percent compared with the same month last year, news wire NTB reports.
The largest markets for Norwegian seafood exports in October were Poland, the United States and the Netherlands, but growth in exports to the US has slowed in recent months.
The Norwegian Seafood Council noted that exports to Asia are meanwhile increasing.
“Over the past three months, 20 percent of Norwegian salmon exports have gone to Asia, up from 17 percent in the same period last year,” the organisation’s CEO Christian Chramer said in a statement.
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Costs from Storm Hans reach 3.1 billion kroner
The estimated cost of damage from 2023’s Storm Hans has been revised up to 3.1 billion kroner, making it the most expensive storm ever recorded by Naturskadepoolen (the Norwegian Natural Perils Pool), NTB reports.
The figure covers damage to infrastructure, buildings and household contents under Norwegian laws. Damage to cars, boats and other property is not included in the total.
Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres and Hallingdal were among the hardest-hit areas in the 2023 storm.
Naturskadepoolen is a state-backed insurance scheme that handles insurance for damages caused by natural disasters.
Sovereign wealth fund rejects Musk’s $1-trillion Tesla pay deal
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s 10 largest shareholders, said on Tuesday it would vote against the electric carmaker’s proposed pay package for Elon Musk, worth potentially more than $1.0 trillion.
Tesla shareholders will weigh the pay package at a meeting in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
“While we appreciate the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role, we are concerned about the total size of the award, dilution and lack of mitigation of key person risk — consistent with our views on executive compensation,” Norges Bank Investment Management said on its website.