Finnlines

Finnlines Oyj ( Finland Lines Ltd. ) is a Finnish shipping company freight traffic in Northern and Western Europe, as well as passenger traffic on the Baltic Sea.

In the past Finn Lines vessels operating under the brand names Finncarriers, Finn Flow Systems, Finnjet Lines and FG Shipping Oy AB. Since 2006, the Italian Grimaldi Group owns a majority stake in Finn Lines. Currently, their share is 64.9 % of the shares. Further features include the FinnLink ( Finland - Sweden ), NordöLink ( Germany - Sweden), Polfin Line ( Poland), TransRussiaExpress ( Germany - Russia) and the port service Finnsteve to Finn Lines Group.

History

Finn Lines was founded on 18 April 1947. In May and June, three ships were purchased for transport in Europe. In the same year it was decided to operate with ships between America and Finland. To this end, they purchased the steamers Hamina, Pankakoski and Tornator.

Opened in 1962, Finn Lines ferry Hansa Express a route from Hanko over Visby on Gotland to Travemünde. The ship quickly proved too small and so the route was 1963 Helsinki - Travemünde changed - Kalmar. 1966 two new ferries were delivered for the route: the sister ships Finnhansa and Finn Partners. The Finnhansa exceeded the Finnpartner by ten centimeters. It was at that time the largest ship on the Baltic Sea.

Enso -Gutzeit in 1977 was to build a subsidiary of Finnlines, the gas turbine ship Finnjet. This corresponded to a revolution, previously sat Finn Lines on the track much slower ships a. This made it possible to tackle the route in just 22 hours. In 1982, Effoa, another subsidiary of Finnlines 57%. From 1986 to 1989 Effoa ran the ship alone.

Service

Finn Lines RoRo cargo ships operate Finland, Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain. Finn Lines offers a combined freight and passenger service on the routes Helsinki - Travemünde, Naantali - Kapellskar ( FinnLink ), and Malmö - Travemünde ( Nordö link) to. Gdynia Gdynia and - - In June 2009, the flights in Helsinki and Rostock were included in the offer, which are operated by Star Class ferries.

Lübeck- Travemünde - Helsinki

Currently Finn Lines relies on this route a modern three ro-pax ferries. The Star Class ferries operate the route with a crossing time of 28 hours

  • Finnstar
  • Finnmaid
  • Finnlady

Lübeck- Travemünde - Malmö

Under the name Nordö Link Finn Lines offers passenger and cargo services between Lübeck- Travemünde ( Germany ) and Malmö (Sweden). This route is served by three ro-pax ferries currently. In mid-February 2009, the Northern Link was removed from the route. The Europalink changed mid-April 2009 also on the Lübeck- Travemünde - Helsinki route and was replaced by the Finneagle. In the course of 2011 there was a fleet of rotation: the four ships Finnpartner Finntrader, Finneagle and Finnclipper operated the route with three daily departures and changed in the four- week rotation for a week on the route Lübeck - St. Petersburg. As of October 2012, the Finn Eagle was replaced by the Northern Link, which returns to the Sweden - route to three and a half years.

The Finnish partner and her sister ship, the Finntrader, broke up after a shipyard stay with Remontowa (Danzig), was installed at the bow doors and the passenger capacity increased, the Lübeck Link and Link from Malmö.

  • Finntrader
  • Finnpartner
  • Northern Link
  • Finnclipper

Rostock - Helsinki

  • Finneagle

Kapellskar - Naantali

Under the name FinnLink Finn Lines provides freight and passenger services between Naantali (Finland) and Kapellskar (Sweden). This route is operated with three modern ro-pax ships.

  • Finnfellow
  • Finnsailor

More routes

Furthermore maintains Finn Lines ferry routes between the cities of:

  • Gdynia (Poland ) - Helsinki
  • Lübeck - Ventspils (Latvia ) - Saint Petersburg ( Russia)

More ships

  • Finnhansa
  • Finnpartner
  • Finnpulp
  • Finnmill
  • Finnbreeze

Former ships

  • Finnarrow, now for Grimaldi Lines
  • Finnjet, 1987 at Silja Line, broken at Alang 2008
  • Europe Link, originally Finnlady, now for Minoan Grimaldi Lines on the route Trieste - used Patras - Ancona - Igoumenitsa
  • Finnlandia
  • Finn Trader ( built 1951)
  • Bore Star, Winter Charter 1975/1976, 1976/1977, marketed under the name Finn Partners for cruises to the Canary Islands
  • Finnpulp ( built 1953)
  • Finnsailor ( built 1953)
  • Hansa Express ( built 1963)
  • Lübeck Link: 1990-2007, 2007 Channel Ferries
  • Malmö Link: 1990-2007, 2007 Channel Ferries
  • Trans Europe, sold to the Mediterranean in November 2013. New Name: Euro Ferry Olympia
  • Translubeca, sold into the Black Sea in November 2013. New name: Poseidon Express

Credentials

Types of business entity Osakeyhtiö Board of Directors Italy GTS Finnjet Finland Steamship Company Roll-on/roll-off#ROPAX Star-class ferry
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