Thor (shipping company)

P / F Thor
legal form	Partafeløg
founding	August 10, 1994
Seat	Hósvík , Faroe Islands
management	Hans Andrias Joensen ( CEO )
Branch	shipping
Website	http://www.thor.fo

P / F Thor is a shipping company in Hósvík , a natural harbor near Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands . P / F Thor's ships are mainly active in the North Atlantic .

history

P / F Thor was founded on August 10, 1994. In the past, the company was involved in deep sea fishing and operated fishing trawlers with longline fishing and set nets . Since 1997, it has increasingly entered the business with supply ships for offshore platforms and for supplying pipe and cable layers . It also worked with companies and institutions in the field of geology.

Ship fleet

The M / V Thor Assister in Aberdeen Harbor .

P / F Thor and its subsidiaries P / F Thor Fisheries and P / F OC Joensen operate 17 ships as of October 2019:

Supply ships

Ships	Construction year	Length Width
M / V Thor Freyja	2015	64.4 × 14.5 m
M / V Thor Frigg
M / V Thor Magni
M / V Thor modes
M / V Thor Alpha	2007	55.1 × 12.5 m
M / V Thor Omega	2008
M / V Thor Assister	2006	45.0 × 11.8 m
M / V Torsvík	1979	39.2 × 8.5 m

Fishing fleet (subsidiary P / F Thor Fisheries)

Ships	Construction year	Trawler type	Length Width
Chr. High	1975	Rear trawler	40.5 × 8.7 m
Hoyvík	1979	Pelagic trawl and purse seine	65.69 × 13.62 m
Leitistein only	1966	Longliner	18.75 x 5.46 m
Phoenix	1985	Rear trawler	48.5 × 9.3 m
Thor	1963	Gillnet	36.63 ×? m

Seafood fishing (subsidiary P / F OC Joensen)

Ships	Construction year	Trawler type	Length Width
Kappin	1973	Hochseefabrik stern trawler	53.78 × 9.5 m
Norðheim	1966	Scallop trawler	32.28 x 7.4 m
Túgvusteinur	1960	Gillnet	30.4 × 6.7 m
Varðborg	1963	Fishing Vessel - Crab Traps	39.6 x 7.02 m

Incidents

• The company gained international fame after its factory ship Athena caught fire in the Irish Sea 370 kilometers south-west of the Isles of Scilly in October 2010 . There were 111 people on board.

Web links

• Web presence of P / F Thor (English)
• Website of the subsidiary Thor Fisheries (English)
• Website of the subsidiary P / F OC Joensen (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fleet. In: thor.fo. Retrieved October 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Fleet. In: thorfisheries.fo. Retrieved October 15, 2019 . 
3. ^ P / F Thor Fisheries. In: bl.fo. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (Faroese). 
4. ↑ Fleet. In: ocj.fo. Retrieved October 15, 2019 . 
5. ^ Crew undamaged after a ship fire ( Memento from October 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 62 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  W.