The Visborg is a RoPax ship that has been in service between the Swedish mainland and the island of Gotland by the Swedish shipping company Destination Gotland since March 2019 . The ship is named after a fortress in Visby .
The ship was commissioned on June 23, 2014 from Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in Guangzhou, China , and was originally due to be delivered in 2017. The delivery was postponed several times due to delays in completion. The ship was christened on December 8, 2018 in Nanshan and the delivery to the shipping company on December 14, 2018. The transfer trip to Sweden took the Visborg via Hong Kong , Singapore , Durban and the Canary Islands to Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona , where the ship was on January 23 Arrived in 2019.
In addition, when the Visborg was ordered, an option for a second newbuilding, the sister ship Thjelvar , was agreed. The ship was ordered in June 2015 with delivery in 2018 and it was launched on July 24, 2017. The ship was finally delivered on December 30, 2019.