Changes in Eimskips liner schedule and fleet

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Changes in Eimskips liner schedule and fleet

• Sept.-Oct. 2000
• Information for customers

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Changes in the service schedule

• Eimskip focuses on providing a choice of
  internationally competitive, high-quality
  transportation and logistic services
• The changes that are now undertaken concern
  transport between Iceland and Europe, incl.
  Scandinavia
• No changes will be made to the American route nor
  Iceland Coastal services
• Two container vessels more suited for the changes
  have been purchased
• Transport capacity to Europe will increase
• Transit times will be similar as they have been

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Two routes between Iceland and Europe instead of
three

• The Sudurleid route (Iceland-Immingham-Rotterdam
  ) remains the same besides the change in vessels
• The Nordurleid route (Iceland-Hamburg-Scandinavi
  a) and Strandleid route (Iceland-Faroes-Immingha
  m-Rotterdam) will be discontinued
• New route named Nordurleid combines the former
  Nordurleid and Strandleid
• Reykjavík - Eskifjördur - Thórshavn - Rotterdam -
  Hamburg - Aarhus - Göteborg - Fredrikstad -
  Thórshavn - Reykjavík
• In week 36 calls at Copenhagen, Helsingborg and
  Klaksvík will be discontinued

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Sailings to Europe in the the system

• Nordurleið Sudurleið

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New vessels

• Two vessels with a capacity of 1,457 TEUs have
  been purchased
• They will be named Godafoss and Dettifoss.
• They sail on the Nordurleid route,
  Iceland-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Scandinavia
• Godafoss will enter into service September 4th in
  Rotterdam
• Dettifoss will enter into service October 23rd in
  Rotterdam
• Scheduled calls in ports

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Technical information about the vessels Godafoss
and Dettifoss

• Built in Ørskov værft in Denmark in 1995
• 1457 TEU nominal or 687 FEU plus 68 TEU capacity.
  Homogenous load 1068 TEU of 14 ton.
• Box flexibility 20, 40, 45, 48, wide body
  and high cube. Hold no. 4 5 interchangeable
  40or 45 cells. Free height in holds allow for 4
  tiers 96 in all holds, except in hold no. 1 and
  2.
• 400 reefer plugs. Shaft generator able to supply
  power for 290 reefers. Remote reefer container
  monitoring system.
• Speed 20 knots with 56,5 t. oil mileage. 33 t.
  consumption per 18 miles.
• 2 cranes of 40 tons.
• Ice class 1B.
• Bow- and sternthruster (each 900 KW).
• Scantling draft 8,95 m. and design draft 8,5 m.
• Length 166 m. and breadth 27,2 m. or 11
  container rows (BRU2)

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Changes to fleet

• Godafoss will be named Skógafoss
• from August 21
• Nordurleid route Godafoss and Dettifoss
• Sudurleid route Selfoss and Lagarfoss
• North America route Bakkafoss and Skógafoss
• Iceland Coastal Services Mánafoss
• Brúarfoss will be sold or used for other projects
• The chartered vessels Thor Lone, Hanse Duo and
  Hansewall will be returned

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Transfer period Sept. 4 - Oct. 23

• Since the vessels enter into service at different
  times, the old and the new system will be run
  simultaneously from Sept. 4th to Oct. 23rd
• Customers should pay special attention to
  different loading and discharging times in
  Rotterdam and Hamburg in this period
• The new service schedule is available at our
  offices or at the www.eimskip.com

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Changes in closing times

• Customers should pay attention to new closing
  times for cargo in ports and provide their
  suppliers with that information
• New shipping instructions for each port can be
  found at www.eimskip.com
• New closing times are as follows

• Hamburg
• LCL cargo - Mon. 1500
• FCL cargo - Tue. 0800
• Aarhus
• LCL cargo - Wed. 1500
• FCL cargo - Wed. 1800

• Rotterdam
• Cars -Thu. 1500
• Steel -Fri. 1000
• FCL cargo -Fri. 1900
• LCL cargo -Tue. 1000

• Göteborg
• LCL cargo - Wed. 1530
• FCL cargo - Thu. 1600
• Fredrikstad
• LCL cargo - Thu. 1400
• FCL cargo -Fri. 1200

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Transit times

• When the new service schedule will be fully in
  place, the transit times in import and export to
  and from Iceland will be as follows

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Further information

• For further information, please contact your
  closest office (see www.eimskip.com)
• Or the customer service department in Reykjavík
• Tel.[phone]