The missing merchant fleet in the news on RÚV and Vísir

Icelandic media covered Varða's analysis The fleet that left on publication: no merchant ship is registered in Iceland although some 90% of the country's trade moves by sea.

Varða's analysis The fleet that left drew media attention on publication. RÚV covered the central finding — that Iceland could lose access to all of its merchant ships in a conflict — and Vísir's evening news discussed why ships sailing under foreign flags is a national-security issue.

Iceland could lose access to all its merchant ships in a conflictruv.is ↗ A national-security issue that the ships sail under foreign flagsvisir.is ↗ Analysis · March 2026The fleet that leftIceland's lack of merchant shipping is a national-security issueRead →