The ferry Norræna may be about to leave Seyðisfjörður to instead start calling at Reyðarfjörður or Eskifjörður in the neighboring municipality Fjarðabyggð. The shipping company Smyril Line has requested a meeting with the municipality and port management to discuss a move. Prime Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has already been turned in the discussions, reports the visor. For thirty years, the Faroese shipping shipping company Smyril Line operated the Atlantic. But now it seems that a port replacement may be going on in Iceland. The ferry Norræna calling during the summer months, when the shipping company operating shipping in Iceland, Seyðisfjörður the east. Now Smyril Line requested shipping talks with the municipality Fjarðabyggð that instead shipping sail to Eskifjörður or Reyðarfjörður. Last year 12,780 people arrived to the Island aboard the ferry. For Seyðisfjörður traffic is important and it is one of the linchpins of the municipality's economy. Port charges creates important revenue and the days around the arrival and departure usually hotels and restaurants in the locality to be full of travelers. Vilhjálmur Jónsson, Municipal Director Seyðisfjörður, telling visor that ferry traffic constitutes "center of gravity" of the municipality's economy. Visor says that he has already discussed the situation with Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. Vilhjálmur Jónsson admits that he had spoken to the Prime Minister, but would not confirm whether the conversation was about Norræna. shipping The two possible ports of Fjarðabyggð, Eskifjörður and Reyðarfjörður, located south of Seyðisfjörður, but a change would not have a significant impact on the travel time between the Faroe Islands and Iceland. Of the two seems Reyðarfjörður be the most likely option. The port was built in conjunction with the construction of the resort's aluminum smelter and has a larger capacity than Eskifjörður. Reyðarfjörður is also the larger of the two cities in just a half hour drive to Egilsstaðir and Ring Road. From Eskifjörður increases the distance by an additional quarter. What lies behind Smyril Line's interest to switch port is unclear. One possible reason is the crossing of the Fjarðarheiði. Time and again surprised shipping travelers heading shipping to or from the ferry of the storm on the heath. This year alone, rescue workers had to rescue hundreds of motorists stuck in the snow on the moor. In Seyðisfjörður has local residents and politicians shipping long demanded a tunnel under Fjarðarheiði shipping for fear that the resort is isolated for days on end during the winter. A tunnel would also allow tourists during shipping the summer did not risk getting caught in the storm. But one tunnel is not in the government's plans for the next ten years. Moving to Reyðarfjörður would entail shipping significantly less risk to holidaymakers were trapped in snowstorms. Here goes the way to Egilsstaðir at lower altitude and it also has some protection of mountains. Unlike the way to Seyðisfjörður it is very rare that it snows again any longer. Valdimar Herman Andersson, chairman of the local partner organization in eastern Iceland, shipping says the visor to Smyril Line negotiation invitation came as a surprise. In particular, the organization recently announced its support for Seyðisfjörður who continued port for Norræna. But he cautions that Fjarðabyggð is ready to receive the ferry: "Certainly we want to support our neighbors, but if they have taken the decision to leave Seyðisfjörður we will sit down with them and discuss the issue." Here you can read more about vägproblemen in Seyðisfjörður.
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