<\/p>\n
In collaboration with naval architects Hauschildt Marine and shipyard Fayard in Denmark, Smyril Line\u2019s ro-pax ship Norr\u00f6na has been retrofitted with more luxurious facilities for its regular service between the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The RoPax, originally built in 2003 in Germany, at Flendern Werft in L\u00fcbeck, had a nearly $16m refit which included 50 new luxury cabins being added. The ferry originally cost $115 \u00a0million to build.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Room for the luxury cabins was found by moving the crew\u2019s cabins to a different location on the ferry and getting rid of the old shared cabins. \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hauschildt Marine facilitated the development of ideas and were responsible for the design process, which was based on an 3D model of the ship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThere were several different parameters that could have developed into obstacles, including whether the ship could carry more weight, but it turned out to be an extremely interesting retrofit,\u201d says J\u00f3han av Reyni, maritime director at Smyril Line. Making the project all the more challenging: Smyril was bidding the project in March 2020, just as COVID-19 was starting to spread rapidly, globally. \u201cIt seemed hopeless at first, but we discussed it and chose to move forward because the Covid crisis is going to pass at some point,\u201d said av Reyni. <\/p>\n Decks 5 and 6 of the ferry had previously been upgraded, so it was now time to do the upper deck, which was entirely re-dimensioned, was given a new outdoors skybar and a new lounge area with a large panoramic view. The Smyril Line martime director says the retrofit is also a consequence of consumer behavior changing over time. Passengers used to buy tickets for berths in shared four-person cabins, but these sales have more or less disappeared. In contrast, Norr\u00f6na\u2019s 12 luxury cabins are often sold out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe have gradually got more comfortable cabins, and there is no doubt that the new 50 cabins will be highly sought-after,\u201d said av Reyni. On 1 March, the retrofitted Norr\u00f6na ship will set sail for Hirtshals, where the ship will resume its North Atlantic route from 6 March.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Smyril Line was founded in the Faroe Islands in 1982. Today it is an international company with offices in Iceland, Germany and Denmark. In addition to Norr\u00f6na, Smyril Line also owns the cargo company Smyril Line Cargo, which owns the cargo ships Eystnes, Hv\u00edtanes, Mykines and Akranes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In collaboration with naval architects Hauschildt Marine and shipyard Fayard in Denmark, Smyril Line\u2019s ro-pax ship Norr\u00f6na has been retrofitted with more luxurious facilities for its regular service between the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Denmark. The RoPax, originally built in 2003 in Germany, at Flendern Werft in L\u00fcbeck, had a nearly $16m refit which included …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[14810,2034,1426,11213,5532,14809],"class_list":["post-25448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-16m","tag-ferry","tag-line","tag-pumps","tag-retrofit","tag-smyril"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/25449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00a0<\/p>\n