Smyril Line
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| Smyril Line | |
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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters |  Torshavn, Faeroe Islands |
| Area served | Northern Europe |
| Industry | Shipping |
| Parent | Strandfaraskip Landsins |
| Website | www.smyril-line.fo |
Smyril Line is a Faroese shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands and Iceland with Denmark, Norway and Scotland.
Since 1983 the company has operated a regular international passenger, car and freight service using a large, modern, multi-purpose ferry - the Norröna. The original vessel was a Swedish-built ferry formerly named Gustav Wasa (built in 1973). This was replaced by a purpose-built brand new ferry (also named Norröna) in 2003. The new Norröna was built in Lübeck, Germany.
The weekly service serves the following ports:
- Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
Bergen, Norway
Hanstholm, Denmark
Scrabster, Scotland (from June 2007)
Until the end of the Summer 2007 timetable Smyril Line also served Lerwick in the Shetland Islands.
Smyril is the Faroese word for Merlin.
[edit] See also
- Smyril - the largest vessel of the Faroese domestic ferry company Strandfaraskip Landsins
- Strandfaraskip Landsins
- Transport in the Faroe Islands
[edit] External links
- Smyril Line (official website in English)
- BBC News: Cars wrecked as ferry hit storms, 13 November 2007
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