Newcastle - Stavanger - Bergen ferry is go !
 

Good news at last on this route which ceased in 2008. The route starts again in spring 2014 :-)

Ferje mellom Vestlandet og England - NRK – Rogaland

This is great news. I went to Norway last summer on my bike and it was truely amazing. I only saw one other UK motorcycle and I guess that's because you have to go via Denmark. Now it'll be more direct and more bikers can experience the amazing roads of Norway

I am not sure if this is confirmed. Article was posted 7th Nov when this was still apparantly under discussion.
This would be great for me as I live 2 hours from the port.
Anyone confirm?

Englandsbåten
 

Still not confirmed

Full forvirring om englandsbåten - Bergens Tidende

Different representatives of the company are giving different details. Could be a marketing stratagy to whip in venture capital, or could just be wishfull thinking. Could also be that these people should not be trusted with a peddleboat on a lake.

I can't understand how one could loose money on a UK - Norway service, but it probably too seasonable, and airfares are very cheap for tourists.

Fingers crossed

Peter, in Oslo

There's nothing on the Port of Tyne website about this and I suspect there would be if it was true. When I contacted them about the possibility of reintroducing the route they said the issue was lack of freight business demand to make it viable. There is plenty of passenger demand but that seemingly is not enough to make it a goer.