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  • AIDA Cruises Adds Bremerhaven to Its Port Calls

    16 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    AIDAcara made a maiden call in Bremerhaven, thereby marking the addition of the port to the company’s program.

  • Eimskip, Union Reach Deal on Wages, Strike Called off

    11 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Icelandic shipping company Eimskip has prevented an industrial action as it reached an agreement on wages for members of the Iceland Seaman’s Union working on the company’s container vessels in liner services to and from Iceland. The wage agreement between the parties was signed on January 10 and is valid until year-end 2020, according to Eimskip. […]

  • Cemre Shipyard Splashes Newbuild PSV Polarsyssel

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Cemre Shipyard launched a new ship built for Norwegian Havyard Group based on the order of Icelandic oil service company Fafnir Offshore on 1 March 2014. The vessel, Polarsyssel,  is a state-of-the-art platform supply vessel (PSV) of Havyard 832L L WE design, specially built for operations under extremely harsh conditions in the North Atlantic. She […]

  • Missing vessel located off Orkney

    22 September 2007

    A Polish yacht which went missing on its way to Aberdeen carrying seven crew has been found off the Orkney islands. A search was launched for the Syrenka, when it failed to arrive in Aberdeen on Saturday after leaving Iceland.

  • HS Orka, H2V team up on green hydrogen and methanol project

    9 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Icelandic power company HS Orka and UK-based joint venture Hydrogen Ventures Limited (H2V) have revealed plans to develop a production plant for green methanol using green hydrogen to power the marine sector.

  • Eimskip: It was not our decision to send ships to Indian scrapyard

    28 September 2020
    Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Iceland-based shipping company Eimskip has denied involvement in the sale of its two former containerships to an unapproved scrapyard in India.

  • Subsea cable deal in Iceland enables Chinese firm to widen its grasp over Europe’s energy market

    29 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Hengtong Submarine Power Cable has secured a new submarine power cable project in Iceland.

  • Eimskip, Royal Arctic Line Enter Capacity Sharing Deal

    23 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Iceland’s Eimskip and Greenland-based Royal Arctic Line signed a letter of intent to connect Greenland into Eimskip’s international sailing system through a capacity sharing agreement involving larger vessels. Under the agreement, the companies plan to invest in and operate three approximately 2,000 TEU container vessels which will be designed and built for the special weather conditions […]

  • Eimskip Launches New Container Vessel in Weihai, China (VIDEO)

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The first of two new container vessels of Eimskip was launched in Weihai in China last Sunday. The launching went well and it’s expected that the vessel will be delivered in the beginning of January 2014, and that she will call her home port in Iceland the second quarter 2014. The second vessel is expected […]

  • Eimskip’s Containership Suffers Steering Glitch

    23 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Eimskip’s containership M/V Lagarfoss experienced a malfunction on Wednesday evening while en route to Reykjavik, some 70 nautical miles south east of the Icelandic coast. The Icelandic shipping company said that the malfunction occurred in the vessel’s steering gear while under way. However, there was no danger to crew, cargo or the vessel as the weather conditions were favorable. The […]

  • Iceland: New 10 Tonne “A“ Frame and External Sub Bottom Profiler Installed on MV Neptune

    1 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Responding to client feedback and recommendation, Neptune have installed a new 10 Tonne x 8.0m “A“ Frame on the MV Neptune, enhancing her geotechnical capabilities by making provision for the safe deployment and recovery of most CPT and Vibrocore equipment. The new “A“ Frame will also be suitable for deploying medium to large sized ROV‘s/ […]

  • Eimskip’s Containership Suffers Steering Glitch

    23 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Eimskip’s containership M/V Lagarfoss experienced a malfunction on Wednesday evening while en route to Reykjavik, some 70 nautical miles south east of the Icelandic coast. The Icelandic shipping company said that the malfunction occurred in the vessel’s steering gear while under way. However, there was no danger to crew, cargo or the vessel as the weather conditions were favorable. The […]

  • Evergas, Ultragas launch company specializing in transport of captured CO2

    19 May 2021
    Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Transition, Vessels

    Danish shipping companies Evergas and Ultragas have established Dan-Unity CO2, the first shipping company specialized in vessels for the transport of captured CO2 for storage and re-use. The company has set up a partnership with Carbfix, an Icelandic startup specializing in C02 storage. The duo plans to be ready to offer transport and storage of CO2 […]

  • Emerald Networks and TE SubCom Sign System Supply Contract for Trans-Atlantic Cable System

    16 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Emerald Atlantis Limited (Emerald Networks) announced the selection of TE SubCom and the signing of a system supply contract. The execution of the contract, bringing it into force, enables the construction of the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The first phase will provide both low-latency and ultra-high bandwidth capacity between New York and London, with […]

  • Strike Looms Over Eimskip

    10 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Icelandic shipping company Eimskip could see a portion of its employees working on the company’s containerships take industrial action after not reaching an agreement with one of the unions. Eimskip’s vessel crewmen who are members of the Iceland Seaman’s Union could go on strike on January 16 if the agreement is not reached by then, Eimskip said. Negotiations […]

  • Eimskip agrees to pay $12 million to settle collusion case

    18 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Eimskip and the Icelandic Competition Authority have reached a settlement over a collusion case investigation linked to the Dutch company Samskip. The competition case has been under investigation for the past years, where the main period of investigation was 2008 to 2013. The Icelandic shipping company said that with the settlement, it is acknowledged that there was […]

  • Fafnir Offshore takes delivery of ‘Polarsyssel’ PSV

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Today, Havyard Ship Technology’s build 120 ‘Polarsyssel’, a Havyard 832 L WE design, was delivered to Fafnir Offshore. It will go straight on assignment for the Governor of Svalbard.

  • CLdN Launches New Service between Denmark and Sweden

    18 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Luxembourgian ro-ro company CLdN has started a new service between Denmark and the Port of Gothenburg for imports into Sweden targeting improved freight transport between Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Namely, CLdN has begun calling at the Danish port of Hirtshals once a week en route from Zeebrugge in Belgium to the Port of […]

  • Major expansion of the Port of Hanstholm planned

    15 March 2011

    Carl Bro in Denmark has signed a major contract with the Port of Hanstholm for a major expansion of the port. The Port of Hanstholm wishes to expand its position as the leading fishing port in Denmark and as a cargo hub for north-west Denmark. In addition the Port of Hanstholm will become a ferry […]

  • Wasted catches hit Europe’s cod

    12 September 2007

    Despite cod stocks in UK waters being at risk, fishermen are being forced to throw thousands of tonnes back into the sea dead while Iceland, an important supplier to much of Western Europe, is cutting the amount of cod it catches because of concern over falling stocks.

  • Eimskip in Growth Mode

    23 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Eimskip ended 2017 with a net income of EUR 16.8 million, down from EUR 21.9 million seen a year earlier.

  • Iceland’s First Electric Ferry to Feature ABB Technology

    14 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    New electric ferry to operate on an Icelandic route will feature ABB’s technology.

  • Top News of the Week March 18 – 23, 2013

    24 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Top News of the Week March 18 – 23, 2013

  • Norway: NPD Presents Important New Research Results in Dreki Area

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen presented important new research results in the Dreki Area at the 30th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík. Data was acquired from both the Icelandic and Norwegian sides of the ridge. The oldest samples collected from the seabed at Jan Mayen are 260 million years […]

  • XOCEAN wins five-year survey inspection contracts for six Dutch offshore wind farms

    3 December 2025
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    XOCEAN has been awarded a series of five-year contracts in the Netherlands, under which the company will deliver bathymetric survey services for six offshore wind farms. The agreements, coordinated by Eneco on behalf of the wind farm owners, are for Borssele 3&4, owned by the Blauwwind consortium; Borssele 5, owned by Two Towers; Eneco Luchterduinen; Hollandse Kust Noord, owned […]