Christmas holiday’s

As usual the Icelandic owned ships that are not running on schedule’s as well as the Icelandic fishing fleet are in port during the Christmas holiday’s. The fishing fleet is in port according to general agreement between the unions of the fishermen and the fishing owners association. Port of Reykjavík is no exception regarding fishing vessel’s in port but also other ships where either loading/unloading waiting for departure according to their set schedule. As tradition majority of ships are decorated with lights from stem to stern which lighten the darkness that is covering this part of the world for the time being. Therefore the ports will be well lit up during the holiday’s. Here are photo’s that I took on the morning of December 24th 2018. Merry Christmas to all of my readers.

Training, MSSTC, Port

The training vessel SÆBJÖRG is hosting the Maritime Safety and Survival Training Centre owned by Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue (ICE-SAR)

Fishery, Research

The governmental owned fishery research vessel BJARNI SÆMUNDSSON

HB Grandi

Part of HB Grandi fleet.

Trawlers of HB Grandi

From left to right AKUREY, VIÐEY, VIGRI and HÖFRUNGUR III.

Trawler, HB Grandi,

HELGA MARIA owned by HB Grandi.

New tugs

The tugs AFRIK PETREL and AFRIK PUFFIN.

Laid-up, Tug

Laid-up tug HERKÚLES

Trawler

The stern trawler GUÐMUNDUR Í NESI. The rumour say’s that she will be sold to Arctic Prime Fishbing and to be renamed ILIVILEQ.

Trawler

Laid-up and for sale the trawler STURLAUGUR H BÖÐVARSSON.

Kristrún

Long liner KRISTRÚN

Steinunn

Stern trawler STEINUNN

R89A8180

HB Grandi’s full processing trawler ÖRFIRISEY.

Aðalbjörg

The fishing vessel AÐALBJÖRG

Maritime

The veteran coast guard vessel ÓÐINN is a part of the Maritme Museum in Reykjavik.

R89A8184

Veteran ships the coast guard vessel ÓÐINN and the tug MAGNI together with the seight seeing cruser RÓSIN

Sailing,

The pessenger vessel ÓPAL

Víkingur

HB Grandi’s purse seiner VÍKINGUR

Venus

HB Grandi’s purse seiner VENUS

Container

Charter vessel to Eimskip, the BAKKAFOSS loading for Faroe Isl, Immingham and Rotterdam for departure on the 26th December.

Skógafoss

Charter vessel to Eimskip, the SKÓGAFOSS will be in port During Christmas holiday´s. Her sister SELFOSS was expected to arrive at noon on 24th for Christmas layover.

General cargo

The Bahamian flagged general cargo vessel JOMI waiting for load.

SAMSKIP SKÁLAFELL loading in Samskip terminal

The purse seiner HÁKON