Hurtigruten has reported one of its best annual results, logging a pre-tax profit of NOK 54m ($6.3m) in 2018 against a NOK 507m loss a year earlier.

The company, which delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2015, reported revenue of NOK 5.4bn last year, up from NOK 4.9bn in 2017.

The privately owned Norwegian cruise and ferry company earns money both on subsidised coastal operations, carrying passengers from Kirkenes to Bergen, and on tourist routes along the Norwegian coast and to Spitsbergen and Antarctica.