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The HOPE project

Mar 10, 2021

The IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sintef, the University of Iceland, Stena Rederi, and Powercell Sweden have initiated a new study on how hydrogen and fuel cells compare to other alternative fuels for sea shipping.

Smyril Line gives Norröna a lux-retrofit

Feb 22, 2021

The 2003-built ferry, which serves the weeklong North Atlantic Cruise, has been fitted with 50 new luxury cabins as well as a new outdoors sky bar and a panoramic view lounge on the top.

Iceland sources sawn timber via Riga

Jul 30, 2020

The Latvian stevedore Jaunzeltiņi and the Icelandic manufacturer of timber pallets Tandrabretti ehf have partnered to ship sawn timber from Latvia and Belarus through the Port of Riga.

Eimskip and RAL enter into a co-op

Jul 09, 2020

The Icelandic and Greenlandic shipping lines have partnered to jointly offer a service connecting the islands of Iceland and Greenland with a number of Baltic seaports.

Smyril Line to launch a new FO-IS-DK service

Dec 12, 2019

The Faroese shipping company has taken over from Bore the ro-ro vessel Bore Bank, which under a new name, Akranes, will sail between the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Denmark.

ABB to furnish Iceland's new e-ferry

Feb 19, 2019

The Swedish-Swiss company will supply integrated power and electric storage solutions to the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration's new vessel.

Samskip's new service

Apr 23, 2018

The company has introduced a new connection that links a number of ports in the Baltic with Norway, with a further option to go the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

Smyril Line expands in Hirtshals

Feb 16, 2018

The Tórshavn-based shipping line has started constructing a storage and administration building in the Port of Hirtshals, next to the Nordsø Terminal and Containerkajen.

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