Smyril Line
| P / F Smyril Line | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Partafeløg |
| founding | 1982 |
| Seat |
Tórshavn , Faroe Islands
|
| management | Rúni V. Poulsen |
| Branch | Shipping company |
| Website |
www.smyrilline.com www.smyrilline.de |
P / F Smyril Line is a shipping company based in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands . It operates the ferry route between Iceland , the Faroe Islands and Denmark .
history
In 1982 the ferry company Smyril Line was founded with the aim of connecting countries and island states in the North Atlantic and thus improving the connection of the Faroe Islands to international transport networks. The Smyril Line thus ties in with the ferry services of the state-owned “ Strandfaraskip Landsins ”, which, among other things, covers the inner Faroese ferry traffic with its flagship Smyril . "Smyril" is the Faroese name for the Merlin , the only bird of prey native to the Faroe Islands. Despite the common use of the name, the ship Smyril and the shipping company Smyril Line have no direct connection with each other. The founding of the Smyril Line , however, went back to the fact that the Smyril (IV) had been used successfully in summer for two months for car ferry traffic between the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway since 1975.
The Smyril Line is headquartered in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands and has other shipping company's own booking offices in Hanstholm , Denmark , in Reykjavík on Iceland and in Kiel in Germany. There are also general agencies of Smyril Line u. a. in Sweden , Finland , Austria , Switzerland , Benelux , France and Italy .
Initially, Smyril Line bought the Swedish ferry Gustav Vasa , which was previously used on the Malmö - Travemünde line. With the ferry renamed Norröna , the ferry service was initially only offered in the months from April to September, and from the end of 1998 all year round. In the summer months, when the Norröna was busy with the ferry service, a ro-ro ship was also chartered.
In 1998 the freight department was founded under the name Smyril Line Cargo . When the ferry was rebuilt, the old Norröna I was used for the Hanstholm-Tórshavn line. The loading capacity was 13,000 tons of goods per week. Since the beginning of October 2010 the Smyril Line has been connecting Hirtshals with Tórshavn and Seyðisfjörður on Iceland every week . The freight department is also headquartered in Tórshavn. Smyril Line Cargo has branches in Denmark in Hanstholm, Kolding and Hedehusene , and there is also a representative office in Seyðisfjörður.
Other business areas of Smyril Line are services for seismographic measurements around the Faroe Islands, the operation of hotels and youth hostels in the Faroe Islands as well as participation as a founding member in the Faroese oil company Atlantic Petroleum . One of the owners of the shipping company is the Norwegian Havila Group .
Norröna
The Norröna ferry operates all year round between Denmark and the Faroe Islands. For some time now there has been a winter timetable to Iceland again.
Due to the weather conditions in the North Atlantic, however, possible irregularities are pointed out.
In bad weather, the Danish ports of Esbjerg and Frederikshavn as well as Klaksvík on the Faroe Islands serve as alternative ports .
Freight business
The freight division Smyril Line Cargo operates the ships Eystnes , Hvítanes , Akranes and Mykines . The RoRo freighter Mykines (formerly Auto Baltic ), built in Norway in 1996 , was acquired in April 2017. It operates between Rotterdam , Tórshavn and the Icelandic port Þorlákshöfn . Freight is also carried with the Norröna .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andras Mortensen: Faroe Passenger Lines . In: Morten Hahn-Pedersen (Ed.): North Sea Passenger Lines . Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet - Association of North Sea Cities, Maritime Museum Network, Esbjerg 2009, ISBN 978-87-90982-48-5 , p. 59–65 , here p. 64 .
- ↑ Segments accessed on February 16, 2020
- ↑ Smyril Line - Additional conditions for Iceland traffic in the winter months. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
- ^ Smyril Line Cargo Vessels . Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ↑ Smyril Line is expanding its fleet ( English ) Smyril Line. December 2, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ↑ Sailing Schedule: NL-DK (MS Mykines) ( English ) Smyril Line. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
