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Eimskip will acquire Seatours compatriot
the Icelandic company buys an industrial and harbour area to Grundartangi and two new harbour cranes of the Gottwald
February 23, 2015
The shipowning society Icelandic Eimskip has signed a letter of attempts for the possible acquisition of the compatriot Sæferdir ehf (Seatours), company that work two you ferry: the Baldur, that it is employed in the connection between the ports of Stykkishólmur and Brjánslækur in the bay of Breidafjördur situated on the western coast of Iceland, and the Særún ship, used in order to offer marine tourist services in the same bay.
Moreover Eimskip, planning a total investment of about eight million euro, has signed an agreement in order to buy an industrial and harbour area of 22.410 square metres to Grundartangi, near Reykjavik, and has bought two new harbour cranes of the Gottwald. Means of raising will be installed in the area of Grundartangi and will be employed to service of the industrial activities that are being developed on the area, while the second crane will be installed to Mjóeyrarhöfn in the fjord of Reydarfjördur, on the coast oriental of Iceland, in order to replace an old crane that will be transferred to Reykjavik. The two new means of raising, that they are able to enliven two container from 20 simultaneously ', will be the greatest operating harbour cranes in Iceland.
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