Icelandic president to come to Maine
Iceland’s president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson plans to visit Maine, the northeastern-most state of the United States, next May to express his suppo...
Optimistic Eimskip signs up for new container ships
Iceland’s biggest road and maritime freight handling company has signed a contract for two brand new container ships — just three years af...
Container ship crew member sentenced for drug smuggling
A man in his 30s has been sentenced to three years in prison for smuggling around four kilogrammes of amphetamines to Iceland. He is charged with havi...
Grounded Icelandic container ship more damaged than thought
Damage to the bottom of Godafoss, the Icelandic container ship which grounded recently off Norway, is much worse than previously thought.
Stranded Icelandic container ship less damaged than feared
Divers have now completed their inspection of Godafoss, the damaged containership owned by Eimskip in Iceland, and say the damage is less severe than ...
Stranded Icelandic container ship re-floated off Norway
Godafoss, the stranded container ship owned by Iceland’s Eimskip, has been re-floated this morning and divers will soon be able to assess how da...
Oil covered birds shot following Norway shipping accident
Hundreds of sea birds have had to be shot after landing in oil which leaked from Godafoss, the Eimskip container ship, off Norway last week.
Icelandic container ship stranded off Norway, leaks oil
[Updated] Oil has now stopped leaking from Godafoss, a container ship owned by Iceland’s Eimskip, which stranded off the Norwegian coast last ni...