Last week M.T. Ardea was called to load Bitumen Aspalt at Gothenburg, Sweden for discharging in Norway.

Normally M.T. Ardea is discharging its full cargo on one port, but this time She need to split the cargo into 3 Bitumen hungry ports of Norway.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula .

Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million. It is the 2nd least densely populated country in Europe.

Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, fresh water, and hydropower. The country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world. On a per-capita basis, it is the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East, and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the country’s gross domestic product. {Ref; Wikipedia}

JUST A QUICK COMPARISON TO MY BELOVED COUNTRY;   

The Philippines is the 73rd largest independent nation, covering almost 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi) and an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, and is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
With a population of more than 98 million people, the Philippines is the seventh most populated Asian country and the 12th most populated country in the world. An additional 12 million Filipinos live overseas. {Ref;Wikipedia}

“Norway is rich in oil, while my beloved country the Philippines is very rich in people.”

Now lets start the tour, first stop… Drammen!

Drammen is an industrial city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen is the capital of Buskerud County.

2nd stop, Rekefjord!

Rekefjord is a fjord and harbour village in the municipality of Sokndal inRogaland county, Norway. The Lille Presteskjær Lighthouse is located at the mouth of the fjord. A railway line was constructed in the 1860s for bringing ore from the Blåfjell Mines to Rekefjord for shipment.

Last stop… Etne!

Etne is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.

Etne is situated south ofBergen and borders the municipalities Kvinnherad, Odda, Sauda, Suldal andVindafjord, the three latter in the county of Rogaland.

Etne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Most of Skånevik was merged with Etne on 1 January 1965.

Thanks alot for spending your precious time on my blog and hope you enjoy our tour to Norway. See you next time!

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