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| New Harbour Master joins the Port of Isafjördur | New harbour master has been employed for the Port of Isafjörður in Iceland.
His name is Gudmundur Kristjansson a 45 year old captain that has made his
way to shore after many years out in foreign waters. Gudmundur is born and bred in the Isafjordur area and
has sailed "the seven seas" working for various companies in
many countries like Grænhöfðaeyjar, Falkland Islands, Argentina and
Malaysia. He has also gained a considerable experience working for Icetrade, The
Trade Council of Iceland as a consultant and has also promoted Icelandic fisheries
products in different parts of the world. Guðmundur says he is looking forward to
continue the good work of the late Hermann Skulason regarding the marketing
of the Port of Isafjörður for the cruise industry.
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| New tunnel - new excursion opportunities | On December 10th. 2002, a tunnel, 5 kilometres in length, connecting the islands of Streymoy and Vágoy will be officially opened. This will mean an increase in the choice of shore excursions available to cruise passengers.
It will take approximately one hour to travel by bus from Tórshavn to Vágoy. From there, a boat-trip of 30 minutes takes passengers to the magnificent bird-island Mykines. Alternatively, it is possible to fly by helicopter from the airport on Vágoy to Mykines – this takes just 10 minutes. One of the great artists of the Faroes is the late Mr. S. J. Mikines, who was born on the island of Mykines.
Other attractions on Vágoy include “Kálvalíð” which is one of the oldest houses in the Faroes. It is supposed to have housed the infamous vicar’s widow Beinta (Barbara). Today the house serves as a museum. One of the few Runic stones confirming pre-viking settlement, was discovered in the village of Sandavágur and may be seen in the church there. Løgmaður, the Faroese equivalent to Prime Minister, used to be seated in Sandavágur in days gone by.
The islands have excellent lochs for trout-fishing , great opportunities for walking/hiking and the scenery is breathtaking.
5 December 2002 | |
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| Port of Akureyri | The Port of Akureyri has already booked 36 cruise ships this summer, which is 8 more than last year. Approximately 20.000 passengers are expected to be onboard and that is a record. The largest ship this summer will be A´rosa Blu, closely followed by Holland America´s Rotterdam. Dredging around the Odderyrarbryggja is recently completed and this allows most ships to moor at the pier.
The total tonnage of the cruise ships arriving in Akureyri this season is 803.000 GRT, which is 14% more than the previous year.
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| Tórshavn - the cruise season starts early this year | The Port of Tórshavn has an early start to its cruise season this year. On 29th. April, the Greenlandic vessel M/s “Sarfaq Ittuk” will start the season by making her first visit to Tórshavn. Other newcomers this year are “Calypso”, “Ægean”, “A Rosa Blu”, “The World” and “Silver Shadow” and, together with more frequent visitors, the port has a total of 26 calls by 21 ships.
Holland America’s “Prinsendam” and “Rotterdam” have already booked for 2003, as have 5 other vessels, so the port is looking forward to yet another successful year.
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