MV Glyvursnes is a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship registered in the Faroe Islands and owned by the Smyril Line. Built in 1999 under the name Seagard, the vessel began servicing a route between the Faroes, Iceland, and Denmark in 2024. In January 2025, an explosion in the ship's engine room while in port caused the death of a crewmember.
Description Glyvursnes has a , a length of , a beam of , and a draught of . It is powered by a Wärtsilä propulsion system and has a maximum speed of , with space for 12 crewmembers.
The ship has a total cargo area of on the weatherdeck, maindeck, and tanktop. The maindeck has a volume of and the tanktop has a volume of . There are two stern ramps, as well as fixed ramps on the lower hold and weatherdeck.
History The ship was built in 1999 by Pella Sietas in Germany under the name Seagard for the shipping company Transfennica. The vessel was transferred to a Finnish company, who in 2023 sold the ship to Smyril Line. It was renamed to Glyvursnes after a Faeroese island and replaced the chartered vessel . In 2024, the ship began servicing a regular route between Tórshavn in the Faroes, Þorlákshöfn in Iceland, and Hirtshals in Denmark.
On 2 January 2025, while at the pier in Hirtshals, there was an explosion in the engine room aboard Glyvursnes. One crewmember was killed in the incident and two others were hospitalized. The vessel remained in port and later continued operations.
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