In ? si?ni?ic?nt st?i?? t?w???s ?nh?ncin? m??itim? s?c??it? ?n? ??sc?? c????iliti?s, N??w??i?n shi???il??? H??st?? M?k V??kst?? (H?m?k) h?s ???n ???nt?? ? ?iv?t?l c?nt??ct ??? th? mi?-li?? ??????? (MLU) ?? th? N??w??i?n C??st G????’s v??s?til? Ulst?in UT 512 s?lv??? ?n? ??sc?? t??, th? N?CGV H??st?? (W 318). This ?n???t?kin?, v?l??? ?t NOK 235 milli?n (USD 22 milli?n), w?s ???ici?ll? ?iscl?s?? ?? th? N??w??i?n Minist?? ?? D???nc? ?n A???st 21st. H??st?? M?k. V??kst?? AS, ? wh?ll?-?wn?? s??si?i??? ?? H??st?? Ski?sin??st?i AS, st?n?s ?s th? ???i?n’s m?st s??st?nti?l s??vic? c?nt?? ??? th? m??itim? s?ct??. Th? sc??? ?? H??st?? M?k. Th? ?nt????is? c????ntl? ?????t?s ???m tw? ??ciliti?s l?c?t?? in H??st??, ???stin? ? t?t?l ?? ???? ????-??? ??ints, ?? which tw? ??? sh?lt????. N?t??l?, th? c?m??n? l??s cl?im t? N??th??n N??w??’s l????st ??? ??ck, ???ti?i?? c??n? c???cit?, ?n? ?xc?ll?nt ???? ?n? m???in? ???visi?ns.
Th? N?CGV H??st?? ?????s?nts ? ?????s?-??ilt ???sh??? ??t??l v?ss?l, m?tic?l??sl? ??si?n?? ?? R?lls-R??c? ?n? ?????ht t? li?? ?? Ak?? Y???s (s??s????ntl? ??c??niz?? ?s STX ?n? VARD). S??vin? th? N??w??i?n C??st G???? sinc? 2005, initi?ll? ?n l??s? ???m R?mø? Shi??in? ?????? ?c??isiti?n in 2008, this v?ss?l ???sts ?n ?ntici??t?? ?????ti?n?l s??n ?? 30 ????s.Th? v?ss?l ?ss?m?s ? ?iv?t?l ??l? in ?iv??s? c??st????? ?n? ?xcl?siv? ?c?n?mic z?n? (EEZ) m?n???m?nt c???citi?s, ?nc?m??ssin? ???sh??? s???ch ?n? ??sc??, ?i???i?htin?, s?lv??? ?????ti?ns, ??ll?ti?n ???t?m?nt, ??n???l l?w ?n???c?m?nt, ?n? ?ish??? c?nt??l. N?t??l?, th? N?CGV H??st?? s?????ts th? ?????lin? n???s ?? ??m?t? ??t??sts ?n J?n M???n, Bjø?nø?? (B??? Isl?n?), ?n? H???n.In sit??ti?ns ?? c?isis, th? v?ss?l ?xhi?its its c????ilit? t? t?w siz??l? ?il t?nk??s whil? ??t?inin? th? c???cit? t? ??c?v?? ?? t? 12,000 m3 ?? ?il ??st-s?ill.
F??th?? ?m?li??in? its si?ni?ic?nc?, th? N?CGV H??st?? is ??im?? t? ?????t? th? NATO S??m??in? R?sc?? S?st?m ?l?n? with ??m?t?l? c?nt??ll?? v?hicl?s, sh?wc?sin? its ????t??ilit? ?n? ????in?ss ?c??ss ? s??ct??m ?? ?xi??nci?s.Th? ??c?ntl? ???nt?? c?nt??ct ??? th? mi?-li?? ??????? n?t ?nl? ?n???sc???s th? t??st v?st?? in H??st?? M?k.
V??kst?? ??t ?ls? si?ni?i?s th? N??w??i?n ??v??nm?nt’s st?????st c?mmitm?nt t? ???ti??in? its m??itim? s?c??it? ?n? ??sc?? in???st??ct???. As m??itim? ?ctiviti?s c?ntin?? t? ?x??n?, ?m???cin? c?ttin?-???? ?nh?nc?m?nts ??c?m?s ? n?c?ssit?, ?n? this c?nt??ct st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? N??w??’s ????ctiv? ??????ch in s????????in? its w?t??s ?n? sh???s. With this st??t??ic m?v?, th? n?ti?n t?k?s ? ???initiv? st?? t?w??? ??in???cin? its ??ilit? t? m?n??? m??itim? ?m????nci?s ?n? s???t? ????ctiv?l?, th????? s?ttin? ? c?mm?n???l? ???c???nt ??? ?th?? m??itim? ?ntiti?s w??l?wi??.