Norwegian lighthouse service vessels

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has owned several vessels. They have been built for different purposes like maintenance of lights and lighthouses or supply of fuel and goods.

The photo shows M/T Oksøy, which was the name of M/S Gamle Oksøy´s when she was in service. Here she is moored for the winter together with other lighthouse service ships. They are moored up in Dalsfjorden, which was convenient since a lot of the crew lived nearby.

Some of the Lighthouse service ships moored up for the winter in Dalsfjord.

The vessels were usually named after lighthouse stations. M/T Oksøy had its name from Oksøy Lighthouse outside Kristiansand. It was the second ship with that name in the fleet. The first one was the steamship Oksø from 1900, which also supplied lights and lighthouses with fuel. From 1965 to 1994 M/T Oksøy had a sister ship, M/T Anda. It served the northern part of the country.

Today the fleet of the NCA consists of 10 large specialized service vessels and some smaller tenders. Several vessels are fitted to response to acute pollution and oil spill. NCA’s shipowner department is responsible for the operation of the vessels.