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Shipping company Hurtigruten appointed AGUNSA as shipping agent in the Antarctic territory

22 Jun 2016 Share
Shipping company Hurtigruten appointed AGUNSA as shipping agent in the Antarctic territory

The appointment is to serve cruise ship Midnatsol, Norwegian flag, with 22 calls. This vessel has capacity for 500 passengers and will carry out 11 voyages to Antarctica, with Punta Arenas as base port, where she will be replenished and change passengers.
The services provided by AGUNSA to shipping companies that sail through those freezing waters comprise serving vessels, sale of fuel, crew change and handling of spare parts, among others.
Hurtigruten is a Norwegian shipping company with passenger routes to Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, the Norwegian coast and transatlantic locations. Cruise ship Midnatsol is a 1X-ice class vessel, equipped with state-of-the-art technology for adventure expedition trips to Antarctica and Patagonia.
In turn, AGUNSA is a Chilean company created in 1960 as a shipping agent, which has been extending its services to ports, airports, logistics and carriage, with coverage in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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