AUTO BALTIC to join the Smyril Line fleet in April

Ro-roSmyril Line has signed an agreement to acquire AUTO BALTIC, a ro-ro vessel from Finnish shipping company Bore, which is a part of Spliethoff Group.

She is currently in the Dominican Republic.

The 865 lane metre / 1,610-car vessel will be renamed MYKINES. She was built in 1996, and rebuilt in 2004.

Smyril Line expects to receive the vessel around April 1, 2017.

With this new addition Smyril Line’s fleet will grow to three ro-ro vessels: MYKINES, EYSTNES and HVITANES, and one ro-pax: NORRØNA.

Smyril Line intends to establish a new freight route connecting Thorlakshofn, located on Iceland’s west coast approximately 35 minutes from Reykjavík, to Rotterdam in the Netherlands via the Faroe Islands.

This new route will enable Faroese importers to receive goods mid week directly from Rotterdam. In addition, Faroese export companies will get a new opportunity to export goods directly to Rotterdam, which offers a host of possibilities for connecting with markets near and far.

Icelandic importers and exporters will benefit from this new Rotterdam-Tórshavn-Thorlakshofn route as it will offer excellent transit times and a ro-ro connection to and from the Reykjavík area.

The addition to the route network will also generate entirely new possibilities. By transhipping cargo in the Faroe Islands Smyril Line will be linking Russia, the Baltic region and Denmark to the Reykjavík area, while also offering east Iceland and the Faroe Islands a connection to the Netherlands and Central Europe.

Dec 23 2016