The problems will apparently ino end in sight for Disko Line and the shipping company’s ambitious investment in the hybrid ferry Maliina Ittuk with room for 113 passengers.
Fyens Stiftstidende reports on Monday that Maliina Ittuk is now at the quay at Faaborg Værft. The ship is thus back at the yard where she was named by Julie Berthelsen in June 2024.
The problems will apparently ino end in sight for Disko Line and the shipping company’s ambitious investment in the hybrid ferry Maliina Ittuk with room for 113 passengers.
Fyens Stiftstidende reports on Monday that Maliina Ittuk is now at the quay at Faaborg Værft. The ship is thus back at the yard where she was named by Julie Berthelsen in June 2024.
Disko Line decided earlier this year to get rid of Maliina Ittuk, as it was not possible to obtain a permanent berth for the boat in Ilulissat’s small harbour, where Maliina Ittuk was otherwise supposed to have sailed from in the summer schedule.
No berth
There had also been challenges with a permanent berth in Qaqortoq, where Maliina Ittuk sailed on the route to Narsarsuaq until the opening of the new airport in the city.
Maliina Ittuk was put up for sale through the shipping company Atlantic Shipping, who moved Maliina Ittuk to Nuuk. It was the opinion of the shipbrokers that the ship, which was built for Greenlandic conditions, would be easier to sell in the capital.
However, it was not possible to sell Maliina Ittuk – and now the ship is back on Funen, where she was built.
Sad situation
– It is sad, but we cannot do anything else when it is not possible to get a permanent berth. It is far too expensive in manpower if the ship has to be moved at night. A ship of this size must simply have a fixed berth, says Michael Højgaard, managing director of Disko Line to Sermitsiaq.
– It is regrettable that it is so. Because we believed in the ship. A hybrid ship that can partially run on electricity is the future – and what everyone is asking for at the moment.
Now Faaborg Shipyard’s technicians together with Disko Line must give Maliina Ittuk a major overhaul after it has been in Greenland for a little over a year – and after two trips across the Atlantic.
– Since we have completed the ship, we also have a lot of soul in the ship, so we must take good care of it, says shipyard director Jan Mortensen to Fyens Stiftstidende. However, he does not believe that a sale is imminent, partly because Maliina Ittuk is intended for day sailing without cabins and is ice-strengthened for sailing in the Arctic.
Maliina Ittuk is booked in the annual accounts 2025 for Topas Explorer Group – Disko Line’s parent company – at a value of DKK 101,724,911.00.
The sale price is given by the shipbroker firm Atlantic Shipping as DKK 104 million.
