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  • Iceland Considers to Supply Britain with Green Power Through New Subsea Cable

    10 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Iceland is considering to use its geothermal energy to supply Britain with green power through a new subsea cable which would be built by 2020, Daily Star informs. Hordur Arnarson, the chief executive of Landsvirkjun, was quoted as saying: “We believe it’s a win-win situation, because we have a flexible (source of) renewable power, which […]

  • UPDATE: Eimskip Wants RUV Leak Investigated

    17 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Icelandic shipping company Eimskip said it had advised its attorneys to prepare a report to the police and request investigation of alleged leak of confidential information to Icelandic TV station RÚV. “Eimskip is astonished by the coverage of RÚV in this context. Listed companies must follow laws and regulations on handling of insider information and distribution […]

  • Readers’ choice: Offshore Energy’s most-read news in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Green Marine, Heavy lifting, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    As the offshore energy sector continued to navigate the energy transition and technological development, but also uncertainty, 2025 saw continued shifts in policy, investment, and project development across the global energy landscape. To mark the year’s end, the Offshore Energy editorial team looks back at the most-read stories that drew the most interest throughout 2025. […]

  • PHOTO: Jan de Nul Wraps Up Cable Repair Off Iceland

    3 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Jan de Nul has completed the cable repair job between Westman Island and the main land of Iceland in less than one month, the company informed through social media. The company was hired to conduct the repair by the Icelandic electrical transmission company Landsnet. The cable repair was undertaken during the month of June utilizing the […]

  • The Netherlands: Samskip Acquires Two Container Vessels

    27 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Samskip has acquired the container vessels Arnarfell and Helgafell, both of which have been employed by the company on the route between Iceland and Europe since early 2005. Samskip has been chartering the vessels since they were delivered, as new builds, seven years ago. From the beginning they have proved to be very reliable and […]

  • Huge threat to Scottish mackerel industry from irresponsible Iceland and Faroe quotas

    25 June 2010

    Faroe and Iceland have sparked major uncertainties surrounding management of the key North East Atlantic mackerel fishery, a leading industry group has underlined. In their report to the North East Scotland Fisheries Development Partnership meeting in Aberdeen on Monday, the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SFPA) say the actions of both countries represent a “huge threat” […]

  • Atlantic SuperConnection: Laying the FID groundwork for subsea interconnector to ply UK with geothermal and hydroelectric electricity while doling out wind power to Iceland

    2 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition

    Plans have been set to put the required funding in place to take a final investment decision (FID) on a subsea interconnector project between the UK and Iceland.

  • Iceland: Newly Discovered Current Could Affect North Atlantic Climate Picture, Says WHOI

    22 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways. The current, called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ), contributes to a key component […]

  • Nordavind to Build Subsea Cable Between Norway and Ireland

    25 February 2019
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Nordavind Data Center Sites intends to build of a new fiber optic cable between Norway and Ireland. With the Desktop Study (DTS) already completed, Celtic Norse is now moving towards securing the anchor tenants and finalizing the finance package to complete survey and final build. The cable is expected to become operational by third quarter […]

  • Iceland opens EU entry talks; says its fishing sector must remain national

    27 July 2010

    Iceland says it wants to keep its fishing sector out of the hands of the European Union when it joins the bloc. Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinson says fishing is so crucial to his nation’s economy that it must be kept out the EU’s fisheries policy and its quotas and fishing bans.

  • Flight Ban Impacts Iceland’s Fishing Industry

    19 April 2010

    The flight ban that was established due to ash fall from the volcanic eruption in south Iceland has caused extensive financial losses to the Icelandic fishing industry. “I estimate that our loss is three to four million króna per day,” said Birgir Kristinsson, managing director of fishing company Nýfiskur in Sandgerdi.

  • ‘Short-sighted’ fish quotas under fire

    11 August 2010

    Ministers have condemned the governments of Iceland and the Faroe Islands for ignoring agreed fishing quotas for mackerel. The decisions were described as “short-sighted and selfish,” by Richard Lochhead, the Scottish Fisheries Secretary. The Faroe Islands announced last month that they had set their own quota for the fish, three times higher than that internationally […]

  • BSEE takes part in Arctic oil pollution prevention task force (Iceland)

    25 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland for a meeting of the Arctic Council’s Task Force for Oil Pollution Prevention on March 18 and 19, 2014. Fesmire, who is the Task Force Co-Chair, is working with other representatives from Arctic Council members to identify how best the […]

  • Emerald Networks Plans to Install Submarine Cable Between USA and Europe

    2 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Emerald Networks, Inc., a subsea cable system owner/operator that provides low latency transatlantic capacity to the wholesale market, announces that the Group is to install, for completion by the Spring of 2013, the highest capacity, low latency, transatlantic submarine cable system in order to meet the ever increasing high density data requirements between the U.S. […]

  • Emerald Atlantis Limited and TE SubCom to Lay Trans-Atlantic Cable System (USA)

    22 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Emerald Atlantis Limited and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology announced the finalization of an Instruction to Proceed to build the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The first phase will provide both low-latency and ultra-high bandwidth capacity between the US, Canada, UK and Iceland, requiring 5,200km […]

  • UK fishing industry set for fish price slump

    30 August 2010

    Scottish fishing communities can expect more hardship this autumn when Iceland increases its cod quota and floods the market, pushing down the price of fish, industry leaders have warned. With the fishing industry in the midst of a so-called “mackerel war” that has seen Icelandic fishermen compared to marauding Vikings over foreign fish landings, Scots […]

  • Sea Ice Melting Opens New Options for Shipping in Arctic Ocean

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rising temperatures in the Arctic and melting sea ice are revealing new options for shipping in the Arctic Ocean. The littoral states will consequently be adapting the plans for their ports in the near future. In Iceland, the changes focus on a new location in the north-east of the island. Planning experts and engineers from […]

  • Emerald Atlantis Limited and TE SubCom to Lay Trans-Atlantic Cable System (USA)

    22 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Emerald Atlantis Limited and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology announced the finalization of an Instruction to Proceed to build the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The first phase will provide both low-latency and ultra-high bandwidth capacity between the US, Canada, UK and Iceland, requiring 5,200km […]

  • Landsvirkjun teams up with Linde on clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vision

    Icelandic energy company Landsvirkjun and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde have signed a collaboration agreement that is expected to facilitate energy transition in Iceland through the development of clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects. Landsvirkjun said the partnership will combine Landsvirkjun’s renewable power expertise with Linde’s chemical industry knowledge to accelerate the development of […]

  • Anger at decision by the Faroes to massively increase mackerel quota

    17 March 2011

    Scottish fishermen have expressed their anger at the decision by the Faroe Islands to unilaterally set itself a massively increased quota for mackerel this year of 150,000 tonnes. The move follows the breakdown of talks in Oslo last week in which the Faroes and Iceland refused to accept a compromise deal on catching opportunity from […]

  • Another Partner Joins Finnafjord Port Project

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bremen’s Senate has given the go-ahead for the port management company bremenports to become a member of the development company for the Finnafjord port construction project. The City of Bremen and the Republic of Iceland already agreed some time ago to cooperate closely in the planning and execution of this flagship project. In May 2016, the […]

  • Samherji Ups Stake in Eimskip

    12 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Samherji Holding has expanded its holding in Icelandic shipping company Eimskip.

  • Finnafjord Port Plans Take Shape

    11 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The development activities for the Finnafjord Port Project in the north-east of Iceland are taking shape, bremenports said in its latest release.  The initial idea for this project dates back to the year 2007, when the Icelandic central government, together with the municipalities of Langanesbyggð and Vopnafjarðarhreppur, commissioned EFLA, an Icelandic consultant company, to investigate the […]

  • USA: Emerald Networks Names New Board Member

    12 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Emerald Networks, a new-build network submarine cable system that will connect North America to Europe and Iceland with extraordinary new capacity, announced and welcomed Dr. Gisli Hjalmtysson, CEO of Thule Investments, as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Dr. Hjalmtysson brings with him over 25 years of experience as an innovator, entrepreneur and […]

  • Iceland: Seigla Ehf Hands Over World’s Largest Vacuum Infused Fishing Vessel

    22 December 2011

    The largest vacuum infused fishing vessel in the world, named the S-70 Saga K, has been unveiled in Norway. The vessel, which accounts for the largest new build so far, has been delivered on December 16, 2011 by the boatbuilder Seigla Ehf to Eskøy AS in Tromsø. The S-70 Saga K, 14.98 meters long and […]