On 5 April 2023, the Dutch-Icelandic Samskip will start a new sea container service, connecting the ports of Gothenburg, Aarhus, Runavík, Reykjavík, Grundartangi, Vestmannaeyjar, Rotterdam, and Cuxhaven.
During a round-trip between Mongstad in Norway and Iceland's Reykjavik, the Swedish shipping line's dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö sailed on a 30/70 blend.
The shipping line has extended its agreement with GoodFuels, committing its four container vessels to carry on running on the latter's MDF1-100 biofuel.
Crystal Expedition Cruises' latest Polar class cruise vessel, the first of its kind constructed in Germany, has been named in MV WERFTEN's shipyard in Stralsund.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
