Information package for cruise operators

On this page you can find Svalbard Cruise Forum's regularly updated information package for cruise operators with operations in Svalbard's waters.

Updated information for 2025 will be published by mid April. The annual mandatory Teams meating Gateway to Svalbard will take place on April 29th 2025, please find link to register here. 

Information package
 

Health services

- Information brief from Longyearbyen Hospital (2024)

Maritime laws, regulations and safety

- Information brief from the Norwegian Coastal Administration (2024)
- Information brief from the Norwegian Maritime Authority (2024)
- Information brief from the Governor of Svalbard (2024)
- Information brief from Joint Rescue Coordination Center North Norway (2024)

Orders for provisions and goods

- Guidelines for ordering from COOP Svalbardbutikken (2024)
- Order form from COOP Svalbardbutikken (2024)

Svalbard Airport

- Information brief from AVINOR Svalbard Lufthavn (2024)

Waste management

- Longyearbyen Recycling Station, information from Longyearbyen lokalstyre (2024)

Guidelines, local products and services in Longyearbyen

- Longyearbyen Community Guidelines (2024)
- Use of drones in Svalbard (2024)
- Local products and suppliers found in Longyearbyen (2023)
- Opening hours for businesses in Longyearbyen (updated monthly)
- Alcohol in Longyearbyen (2024)
- Polar Bear Handbook for Arctic Guides, by Polar Bears International (2025)

Port Longyear

- Information brief from Port Longyear (2024)

Other

- Radio silence in Ny-Ålesund (2024) 
- Information brief from Ny-Ålesund (2024)