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=== Sea === [[Bergen Port]], operated by [[Bergen Port Authority]], is the largest [[seaport]] in Norway.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eliassen |first=Jan I. |date=24 June 2006 |title=Bergen havn holder koken |url=http://www.bt.no/na24/Bergen-havn-holder-koken-1807073.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810111303/http://www.bt.no/na24/Bergen-havn-holder-koken-1807073.html |archive-date=10 August 2013 |access-date=2 May 2012 |work=[[Bergens Tidende]] |language=no}}</ref> In 2011, the port saw 264 cruise calls with 350,248 visitors,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cruise ships |url=http://www.bergenhavn.no/index.cfm?id=256072 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809021355/http://www.bergenhavn.no/index.cfm?id=256072 |archive-date=9 August 2013 |access-date=2 May 2012 |publisher=[[Bergen Port Authority]]}}</ref> In 2009, the port handled 56{{spaces}}million tonnes of cargo, making it the ninth-busiest cargo port in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Port Rankings 2009 |url=http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/WORLD%2520PORT%2520RANKINGS%25202009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161214/http://www.google.no/url?sa=t |archive-date=14 February 2015 |access-date=2 May 2012 |publisher=[[American Association of Port Authorities]]}}</ref> There are plans to move the port out of the city centre, but no location has been chosen.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haga |first=Anders |date=24 June 2006 |title=- Vi har alle vært feige |url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/--Vi-har-alle-vart-feige-2694706.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810111303/http://www.bt.no/na24/Bergen-havn-holder-koken-1807073.html |archive-date=10 August 2013 |access-date=2 May 2012 |work=[[Bergens Tidende]] |language=no}}</ref> [[Fjord Line]] operates a [[cruiseferry]] service to [[Hirtshals]], Denmark. Bergen is the southern terminus of [[Hurtigruten]], the Coastal Express, which operates with daily services along the coast to [[Kirkenes]].<ref name=visittransport/> Passenger [[catamaran]]s run from Bergen south to [[Leirvik]] and [[Sunnhordland]], and north to [[Sognefjord]] and [[Nordfjord]].<ref name="fjord1ferries">{{Cite web |title=Fjord1 – Ekspressbåter |url=http://www.fjord1.no/default.asp?page=407#scroll |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827142858/http://www.fjord1.no/default.asp?page=407 |archive-date=27 August 2007 |access-date=16 September 2007 |publisher=Fjord1 |language=no}}</ref> The port includes three large power connections that allow ships to turn off their engines whilst docked (known as "cold ironing")<ref>{{Cite web |title=BTJ :: Bergen's first cruise ship cold ironing |url=https://baltictransportjournal.com/index.php?id=2216 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=baltictransportjournal.com}}</ref> [[File:Bergen station, 2019 (01).jpg|thumb|[[Bergen station|Bergen railway station]]]] [[File:Bybanen Stadler Variobahn at Byparken, Bergen.jpg|thumb|[[Bybanen]]]]
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