As one of the oldest companies in the Faroe Islands, Faroe Ship has been supporting business across the island with a reliable and holistic logistics and shipping infrastructure. With each service it provides, Faroe Ship is passionate about ensuring every shipping and logistics operation is helping develop the Faroe Islands towards the future, driven by its leading investments in warehousing, storage and terminal operations.
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Faroe Ship was established in 1919, as a vital company set on providing leading shipping and logistics services to the Faroe Islands. The company has spent more than a century providing key logistics services which has delivered vital transportation hubs for the Faroe Islands, supported by its fleets, terminals and warehouses. A key focus of Faroe Ship’s operations are in Tórshavn, Klaksvík, and Tvøroyri, where the bulk of its services are centred. Here, Faroe Ship provides a modern and extensive truck feet which is committed to ensuring reliable and efficient transport throughout the country.
Faroe Ship is a subsidiary of the global Eimskip Group, a leader transportation company in the North Atlantic, which connects businesses and customers across the region with customer and markets around the globe. Through Eimskip’s specialised international freight forwarding services, Faroe Ship is able to access global markets and ensure the best transport solutions for the Faroese community which it serves. Thus, with the support of Eimskip, Faroe Ship is able to offer its customers full container and reefer liner services across the world, to support the largely frozen and chilled commodities which are common cargo shipments which are exported from the Islands.
One of the central aspects of Faroe Ship’s operations is it liner services. These services cover most of the seaborne exports and imports moving from the Faroe Islands across to local and international markets. The majority of seaborn exports transported by Faroe Ship are fresh, frozen and dry fish and seafood thanks to the islands fishing industry which is a cornerstone of the nation, which account of 90-95% of the Island’s total exports. Thus, with the fishing industry making up around 20% of the Island’s GDP, the need for Faroe Ship’s vital exporting operations to move the fresh produce from the nation is essential. To support the import and exports of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Ship provides quality services at ports, supported by its shipping fleet, warehousing, distribution and connections services across the domestic space.
Then, to support the export of the fresh and frozen produce abroad, Faroe Ship utilises the Eimskip fleet which calls at the Islands’ harbours several times a week to help Faroe Ship move these products to markets in Iceland, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, and continental European ports. However, to access even more ports across the world, Faroe Ship also has a long term collaboration with global shipping giant Maersk, which facilitates extensive links across the world to meet markets in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Through the support of Eimskip, and through its collaboration with Maersk, Faroe Ship can help support businesses across the Faroe Islands with well-supported and global shipping solutions that help the nation’s products meet markets on both a local and international level.
A key aspect of Faroe Ship’s operations includes its terminal operations, where cargo containers and bulk cargo are transshippped between the different modes of transport under the company. The primary terminals serving the Faroe Islands are in Tórshavn, Klaksvík and Tvøroyri. The primary one is in Tórshavn, where Faroe Ship operates two 125-ton Gottwald cranes and a spacious terminal. This crane and terminal help support all operations across the Faroe Islands. Faroe Ship’s operations in terminal operations stem from 105 years of experience in running cargo terminals, and so today, the company prides itself on offering its customers various services at and around its terminals. In fact, once cargo arrives at its terminals, Faroe Ship then offers warehousing, cold storage, and transshipment services to help support cargo moving in and out of the Islands with its expertise in the logistics of shipping.
For warehousing, Faroe Ship then operates three key warehouses in Tórshavn, Klaksvík and Tvøroyri. Through its warehousing operations, Faroe Ship helps customers store goods and cargo, many of which require specialised storage, to ensure that products remain in perfect condition from start to end market. Across Faroe Ship’s warehouses, it offers competitive and reliable services that cater to the needs of customers both large and small. By offering vital storage solutions, Faroe Ship can offer first and last links for its customers’ supply chains, that have positioned the company as a dependable shipping and logistics solution facilitator.
Expanding beyond warehousing, Faroe Ship offers specific cold storage solutions supporting exporting and importing operations for the Islands. The company’s main storage facility is located in Ánir, Klaksvík, which can hold up to 8,000 tons, making the facility one of the largest cold stores in the Faroe Islands. The facility primarily serves landings, but it is also vital to serving fishing vessels from other countries too. In fact, Faroe Ship has been expanding its cold store solutions with the Skansabryggian expansion, which is a state-of-the-art cold storage facility in Tórshavn which offers enhanced opportunities for both its import and export customers. The facility is specifically designed for temperature-sensitive goods, and is strategically positioned to meet the Island’s fishing industry’s needs and other sectors which require specialised refrigeration logistics.
One key addition of Faroe Ship’s warehousing operations is its warehouse hotel, which is designed specifically for customers who do not want to have their own storage or want to deal with packaging and delivering goods to customers. Instead, through Faroe Ship’s warehouse hotel, companies can message Faroe Ship and have them deliver goods to customers without dealing with any delivery and packing themselves. Through this service, all paperwork and documentation is completed by Faroe Ship, including things such as customs clearance, invoicing and labelling of packages, offering a hassle-free and cost-effective storage solution for customers. Through Faroe Ships, customers can access safer and cheaper shipping, storage and delivery operations that can help support Faroese business development on a significant scale.
The final key facet of Faroe Ship’s operations is in transportation, specifically through its fleet and trucking services, which ensure cargo is supported from start to end market. For freight forwarding specifically, Faroe Ship has Faroe Express, which is its own division of the company responsible for handling express shipments to and from the North Atlantic region, with a special focus on the Faroe Islands. Faroe Express offers air, road, sea and courier transport, as well as customs clearance, documentation, consultancy, storage and warehousing, insurance, and packaging, labelling and stowage. These services link with global partners to help maintain competitive services and prices for its customers, and to maintain its reputation for quality freight forwarding services.
Then, Faroe Ship also offers key domestic trucking services across the Faroe Islands, which help develop supply chains. Through its fleet of 25 vehicles, Faroe Ship offers comprehensive coverage across the islands every day. Furthermore, as society continues to demand more diverse transportation options, Faroe Ship offers an extensive array of specialised transport solutions, which have continued to help the Faroe Islands expand towards new sectors such as wind energy and construction projects, supported by its integrated and specialised transportation network and solutions.
As Faroe Ship looks towards the future, it has continued to expand its services. A key development came in August 2025, when the company established a new connection from Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland and the Faroe Islands to Rotterdam. The service is supported by Eimskip’s sailing system, but through the weekly calls, the direct connection offers enhanced export connections between the Faroe Islands and Europe. The new connection, as part of Eimskip’s Yellow Line, will strengthen exports of Icelandic seafood, whilst supporting the rapidly growing aquaculture sector, and enhance services for both frozen and salted products.
Speaking on the announcement, Bragi Thor Marinosson, Executive Vice President of International Operations, says, “I am pleased with this new direct service from the Faroe Islands to Rotterdam on Fridays that will increase the services to our customers. This new connection to mainland Europe will be a great addition, especially for the salmon and fresh fish industry. It will as well improve the services for frozen and salted products. This is a positive step in the development of Eimskip‘s services and in strengthening connections to European markets through our reliable sailing system.” As we can see from Marinosson’s comments, the establishment of the new connection between the Faroe Islands and Rotterdam will enhance the network for businesses across the Faroe Islands, and cement its position as a key connector to European markets for continued growth across the Islands.
Across Faroe Ship’s operations, there is a key focus on enhancing the network between the Faroe Islands and the rest of the world. Through vital connections, terminals, warehousing and domestic transport services, Faroe Ship is able to develop businesses across the islands towards economic development, which is supported by diverse and high-quality shipping and logistics solutions at every step.
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