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Smyril Line orders new ro-ros

Feb 15, 2024

The Faroese shipping company has contracted the Chinese CIMC Raffles to construct two 190-metre-long, 3,300 lane metres for wheeled cargo, e-methanol-ready freighters.

New Baltic-North Sea-Faroe-Iceland loop

Feb 07, 2023

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.

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.

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.

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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