Salmon transport fees

The Trøndelag / Trondheim news of the past 48 hours centres on an economic issue: road hauliers refuse to bear alone the cost of the new fees linked to salmon transport. In Trondheim, Rosenborg drew away against Vålerenga, and several local briefs round out this roundup from Trøndelag county.

Trøndelag / Trondheim news: salmon and the fee bill

The government has just announced fees of 2,000 kroner for drivers and 20,000 kroner for transport companies if water reddened by blood leaks from vehicles transporting salmon (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). The fish is transported in crates filled with ice. When temperatures are too high, the ice melts and the water mixed with blood escapes from the vehicles. These discharges create dangerous conditions for traffic and can also be harmful to the environment (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Faced with these penalties, hauliers are reacting. The Norges Lastebileier-Forbund, the Norwegian road hauliers' organisation, and transport companies are asking that the bill fall to the salmon producers. The industry demands that the fish be packed in fully sealed crates, which producer Mowi does in particular (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

“Our drivers find themselves in a real squeeze. We are willing to transport salmon, but there is a significant probability of leakage, which can in turn lead to a penalty,” Håvard Sandnes tells NRK (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). His company has 65 employees. Hauliers point out that the packaging of the fish does not depend on them, but on the producers: they are therefore asking salmon farming companies to cover the cost of the new rules.

Rosenborg avoid defeat in Oslo

On the sporting front, Rosenborg salvaged an away draw against Vålerenga in Oslo (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). The Trondheim club therefore returns with a point from its trip to the capital. Adresseavisen, for its part, on Sunday 4 October at 20:00 publishes a sports analysis looking back at “the worst Norwegian losing streak in ten years” and “narrow margins” (Adresseavisen).

📌 Local briefs

An NTNU student has died in a fall at the old Killingdalsgruva mine in Holtålen, about 30 kilometres north of Røros (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). The man was from Bergen but studied at NTNU in Trondheim. He was with four other NTNU students, who alerted the emergency services; rescuers describe a demanding rescue operation. The university has set up a crisis team after the accident and says it will follow the case; it is in contact with the crisis teams in Holtålen and Trondheim and is cooperating with the Studentsamskipnaden in Trondheim. “It is with great sadness that we receive the news of the accident,” acting director of studies Audun Grøm tells NRK, adding that the university's thoughts go to the family, friends and loved ones of the deceased (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

In Trondheim, parents react to the fees they are charged: “they have to pay for every little thing” (Adresseavisen, 4 October, 19:00). Emilie, 17, from Trondheim, says that people were warned not to stay nearby (Adresseavisen, 4 October, 17:00). Adresseavisen also reports that a person was unable to run the Kolstad handball club and says they can only regret the terms used, as well as a good deal made around a particular chair (Adresseavisen, 4 October, 17:00).

Sources: NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen, The Local Norway — Period: 04 October 2026 and 05 October 2026