September 15, 2023
Smyril Line has purchased Ro-Ro SEAGARD (1999) from Bore Ltd.
The vessel will be delivered to Smyril Line first week of January 2024 and will be renamed GLYVURSNES.
She will replace time chartered vessel MISTRAL (Godby Shipping) and will go into regular service between Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Þórlakshöfn in Iceland and Hirtshals in Denmark.
When GLYVURSNES enters service, Smyril Line will own all 6 vessels in its fleet:
Ro-Pax NORRÖNA and Ro-Ro/Multi-Purpose vessels MYKINES, AKRANES, HVÍTANES, EYSTNES and GLYVURSNES.