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17-714: Smyril Line is a Faroese shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark , Iceland , the Netherlands and Lithuania . It previously also served Norway and the United Kingdom . Smyril is the Faroese word for the merlin . Since 1983, the company has operated a regular international passenger, car and freight service using MS Norröna , a multi-purpose ferry built in Lübeck , Germany in 2003. The original vessel on

34-555: A contract with the Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles for two new cargo vessels. The delivery date is set for 2026, and both vessels will be 190 meters long and a capacity of 3300 lane meters . The vessels are designed by Knud E. Hansen . The vessels will be equipped with a battery system, connection to shore power, and will be able to run on methanol. Faroese people Faroese people or Faroe Islanders ( Faroese : føroyingar ; Danish : færinger ) are an ethnic group native to

51-613: A fleet of five RoRo vessels: Eystnes , Hvítanes , Akranes, Mykines and Glyvursnes . Cargo is also shipped on the Norröna . Eystnes and Hvítanes connect Seyðisfjörður in Iceland with Klaipeda in Lithuania and from there through Hirsthals and Tórshavn , with Akranes connecting Rotterdam with Tórshavn and Þórlakshöfn ports. The MV Mykines was added to the fleet in April 2017. Built at

68-599: Is one of three operated by CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. Yantai Raffles specializes in offshore and marine fabrication, and shares in the company have been traded on the Oslo OTC system in Norway since May 2006. In 1994, Brian Chang, a Singaporean of South African descent, founded Yantai Raffles at the junction of Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea . The shipyard is in close proximity to Korea and Japan , an area that accounts for 80% of

85-610: Is the newest vessel, added in December 2023, taking over from the chartered Mistral . The vessel was bought from the Finnish company Bore Ltd.  [ fi ] , and was renamed from M/S Seagard  [ fi ] to Glyvursnes . The vessel is 153.5 metres long and 20.6 metres wide, and it was built by the German shipyard J.J. Sietas in 1999. It sails between Tórshavn , Þórlakshöfn , and Hirtshals . In 2024 February, Smyril Line signed

102-616: The Faroe Islands . The Faroese are of mixed Norse and Gaelic origins. About 21,000 Faroese live in neighbouring countries, particularly in Denmark , Iceland and Norway . Most Faroese are citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark , in which the Faroe Islands are a constituent nation. The Faroese language is one of the North Germanic languages and is closely related to Icelandic and to western Norwegian varieties . The first known settlers of

119-599: The Faroe Islands were Gaelic hermits and monks who arrived in the 6th century. The Norse-Gaels started going to the island in the ninth century; they brought Norse culture and language to the islands with them. Little is known about this period, thus giving room for speculation. A single source mentions early settlement, the Icelandic Færeyinga saga . It was written sometime around 1200 and explains events taking place approximately 300 years prior. According to

136-626: The Norwegian UMOE Sterkoder shipyard in 1996, it was previously operated as Auto Baltic for Bore shipping company in Finland. It measures 138.5 metres in length and 22.6 metres in width. As a RoRo ship it also takes unaccompanied cars as freight, providing an alternative to the Norröna. It sails from Rotterdam via Tórshavn (stopping there northbound only) to Þorlákshöfn in Iceland. The Glyvursnes

153-628: The Norwegians' knowledge of them. Another, more logical explanation might be that the Gaels of Scotland and Ireland told the Norwegians of the islands. While Grímur is an Old Norse first name, Kamban indicates a Celtic origin. Thus, he could have been a man from Ireland, Scotland or Isle of Man , where the Vikings already had settlements. Some place names from the oldest settlements on the Faroes suggest that some of

170-882: The global shipbuilding capacity. YRS is the only shipyard in China to be majority foreign-owned . It has agreed to acquire 100% of the Sanlian Longkou shipyard in Shandong, China. Since March 2013, it has been a wholly own subsidiary of CIMC . Chang founded Yantai Raffles Offshore Limited (YRS) in 1994. Previously, he had worked with various companies in Singapore and Malaysia in the marine industry, including Mobil, Jardine Offshore, M.J Batty and Far East Shipyard (now known as Keppel FELS) between 1965 and 1970. In 1971, he started his own company, Promet (now known as PPL), which grew in size over his decade-long tenure. He has worked for 40 years in

187-414: The preparation of its design framework. It was designed by Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd (DHHI). The crane, capable of muscling up to 10,000 cars in one lift, allows the mating of an entire outfitted deck box of a semi-submersible rig onto its hull / pontoons in one single operation. The shipyard states that this will reduce work hazards at high altitudes and in the open sea. The lifting of

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204-515: The route was a Swedish-built ferry named MV Norröna (built in 1973). The cost (about 100 million Euro ) of building MS Norröna presented Smyril with financial difficulties, and public support had to guarantee the Faroese ship. In 2024, the holding company was owned by P/F 12.11.11 (59.5%), Framtaksgrunnur Føroya (Faroese Development Trust, 6.3%), the Faroese Government (16.2%), and the rest of

221-597: The saga, many Norsemen objected to the Norwegian king's unification politics and thus fled to other countries, including the newfound places in the west. Historians have understood since the time of the Færeyinga saga that the Viking Grímur Kamban was the first settler in the Faroes. The Norwegians must have known about the isles before leaving Norway. If Grímur Kamban had settled sometime earlier, this could explain

238-565: The settlers perhaps came from the Scottish islands and the British coast. Y chromosomes, tracing male descent, are 87% Scandinavian , but mitochondrial DNA , tracing female descent, is 84% Celtic . Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard ( Chinese : 烟台中集来福士海洋工程有限公司 ) is a shipbuilding company in Yantai , Shandong Province , People's Republic of China . The shipyard

255-446: The shares (18%) were owned by several minor stakeholders. The service serves Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands , Seyðisfjörður in Iceland , and Hirtshals , Hanstholm (summer) and Esbjerg (winter) in Denmark . As of 2022, the passenger service is halted between the Faroe Islands and Iceland during winter time, between mid-November and mid-March. The crossing between Hirtshals and Tórshavn takes 38 hours in winter and 30 hours during

272-484: The shipbuilding and marine fabrication sector, overseeing more than 600 marine construction projects. Yantai Raffles became known as CIMC Raffles after CIMC invested in the company. By March 2013, CIMC had acquired all outstanding shares of CIMC Raffles. It will now become a subsidiary of CIMC Offshore Holdings Co., Ltd. Taisun , the world's largest gantry crane, with a lifting capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes, took over seven years to plan and an additional 12 months for

289-682: The summer schedule. The onwards journey to Seyðisfjörður takes another 15 hours. The service is weekly, except the ferry departs Hirtshals twice during summer weeks. Until the end of the summer 2007 timetable, Smyril Line also served Lerwick in the Shetland Islands . Until the end of the summer 2008 timetable,Smyril Line also served Scrabster , Scotland and Bergen , Norway. Between 2009 and 2011 Smyril Line serviced Hanstholm (summer) and Esbjerg (winter) in Denmark. In 2012, Smyril moved its Danish offices to Hirtshals . Smyril Line Cargo operates

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