 Finnlines ships in Helsinki in 2004 Finnlines (Oy Finnlines Ltd) is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight all over Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab. As of 2006, Grimaldi Group has become the largest owner of Finnlines with 46.4% of all shares. Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ...
Osakeyhtiö, directly translated as share corporation, is the Finnish equivalent of Limited company (Ltd or LLC) or Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). ...
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Finnlines also owns Polfin Line, Trans-Russia Express and the port operator Finnsteve.
History
1947-1977 Finnlines was founded after World War II in 1947 as a daughter company of Merivienti Oy to manage and operate the latter's fleet. In 1948 Finnlines began trafficking from Finland to the United States with three used steamers, one of which was S/S Tornator (later made legendary in the song Albatrossi by the Finnish songwriter Juha "Watt" Vainio). The used ships were soon found to be too small and during the 1950's seven new freighters were delivered to Finnlines. At this time the company started using names with the "Finn" -prefix that has became charatceristic of their fleet. A line to the United Kingdom was opened in 1955. From the start the finnish forest industry giant Enso-Gutzeit was a major player in Finnlines, and Finnlines soon became a daughter company of Finnlines. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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The company first begun carrying passengers in 1962, when the carferry M/S Hansa Express opened a new service linking Hanko, Finland to Travemünde, Germany via Visby in Sweden. The ship was found to be too small from the start, and Hanko a poor choice for the Finnish terminus of the line. The ruote was altered into the form Helsinki-Kalmar-Travemünde in 1963, and two new, large ferries were delivered for the route in 1966. M/S Finnhansa was the larger of the two sister, surpassing M/S Finnpartner by ten centimeters and hence being the largest ferry in the Baltic Sea at the time. Having two ferries in the traffic around the year proved to be unprofitable and the Finnpartner was sold in 1969. In the late 60's Finnlines developed the Finnflow cargo-handlong system, which resulted in building of the company's first roro freighters M/S Finncarrier, M/S Hans Gutzeit and M/S Finnfellow 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
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Barque Passat in Travemünde Travemünde is a borough of Lübeck located at the mouth of river Trave into Lübeck Bay. ...
Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland;it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...
Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ...
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In 1973 Finnlines purchased M/S Stena Atlantica from Stena Line and renamed her M/S Finnpartner (2), for service to Germany alongside the Finnhansa. During the winter season the second Finnpartner was sent cruising to the Mediterranean. In the same year Finnlines also placed order at Wärtsilä Helsinki shipyard for a new gas turbine -powered ferry that was to be the largest, longest and fastest in the world. Before the new ferry was delivered several changes happened to Finnlines: in 1975 Finnlines and their rival Finland Steamship Company (later Effoa) began collaborating in freight ans passenger traffic. A joing freight operator was formed in the form of Finncarriers, while Finland SS Co's Finland-Germany passenger services were merged into Finnlines' services, bringing M/S Finlandia to Finnlines' fleet which meant the second Finnpartner was chartered to Olau Line. With the Finlandia and finnhansa Finnlines maintained a year-round service to Germany, while M/S Bore Star was chartered from Bore Line for cruising for the summer seasons of 1975-76 and 76-77 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
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1977-1987 The new, large and fast GTS Finnjet was delivered to Finnlines in May 1977, replacing both of the old ferries on the route. With her 31 knot top speed the Finnjet was able to cross the Baltic in mere 22 hours, and her accommodations were superior to those of any ferry of the day. Unfortunately she had also been planned before the oil crises, meaning her operational costs were much higher than originally planned. After delivery of the Finnjet the Finlandia was rebuilt into the cruiseship M/S Finnstar, becoming Finnlines' first (and to date last) ship making cruises around the year (although she spent a part of each year chartered to Hapag-Lloyd). The first Finnstar's service was cut short by the Finnish maritime worker's strike of 1980, as a result of which the ship was laid up in Barcelona. In May 1981 she was sold to Loke Shipping Co. October of the same year saw the Finnjet rebuilt with additional diesel engines, allowing for more economic operations during the off-season. GTS Finnjet docked in Louisiana GTS Finnjet is a cruiseferry built in 1977. ...
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Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container shipping line and a cruise line. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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In 1982 first of new the new so-called "jumbo-roro" ships was built for the Finland - United Kingdom -run. Four additional sisters were built as the decade progressed. Also in 1982 Enso-Gutzeit decided to give up it's shipping activities, as a result 75% of Finnlines were sold to other shipping companies, while all Enso-Gutzeit ships sailing for Finncarriers were sold to Effoa or Neste Oy and all of Enso-Gutzeit's shares of Finncarriers were sold to Effoa, and hence Finncarriesrs became a daughter company of Effoa. Several mergers followed during the 1980's when Effoa merged various other companies it completely or partially owned into Finncarriers. In 1986 Enso-Gutzeit finally bowed out of shipping activities completely when they sold their remaining share of GTS Finnjet (25%) to Effoa, who transferred the ship into the fleet of their other subsidiary Silja Line. In a new company, Finnlink, was founded to operate freight between Finland and Sweden. the company's owners were mainly the same af the owners of Finnlines, and Finnlines itself owned 15% of Finnlink. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Silja Line ships in Helsinki in 2004 Silja Line (Silja Oyj Apb) is a Finnish shipping company owned as of 2006 by the Estonian ferry operator Tallink. ...
1987-2002 A full turn-around in Effoa's operations took place in 1989 when the company decided to separate theior freight-carrying operations from their passenger operations. In place of dividends, shares of Finncarriesrs were given to stock owners, and after sevral mergers, diffusions and name-changes a new Finnlines Group was born in 1990. In the following years Finnlines acquired Bore Line, the operations of which were incorporated in Finnlines' during 1992. Around the same time Finnlines started collaboration with the german shipping company Poseidon Schiffahrt AG on the Helsinki - Travemünde traffic, which started to be marketed under the name Finncarriers-Poseidon. During 1994 and 1995 four new combi-roro ships, capable of carrying 114 passenmgers alongside their freight capacity, were delivered for Finncarriers-Poseidon traffic. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
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In 1997 Finnlines made a deal with the german Stinnes AG, essentially swapping the shared Finnlines owned of the german company BLT with the full ownerships of Poseidon Schiffahrt AG. As a result the company name Poseidon disappeared from the ides of Finland-Germany ships and Poseidon became Finnlines Deutschland AG. With Poseidon the trainferry operator Railship, and 40% of Team Lines also passed under Finnlines' ownership. In the same year Finnlines also became the sole owner of Finnlink. In 1999 Finnlines took delivery of two new ropax vessels, M/S Finnclipper and M/S Finneagle, both a passenger capacity of over 400. In 2001 Finncarriers was merged into the parent company. In the same year Finnlines purchased the rest of Team Lines, and in 2002 the Swedish Nordö-Link (trafficking between Malmö and Travemünde) also became a Finnlines subsidiary. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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2002- In 2004 Finnlines decided to further simplify the myriad of names it operated ships under, merging Finnlink and Nordö-Link into the parent company. In the same year Finnlines ordered five new large ropax ferries from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri. After numerous delays the first sister, M/S Finnstar was delivered in August 2006 for the Helsinki - Travemünde service, with M/S Finnmaid following later in the same year. The following three sisters, M/S Finnlady, M/S Europalink and M/S Nordink have been delayed until 2007. In 2006 the Italian Grimaldi Group became the largest owner of Finnlines and expressed interest in purchasing the entire company. However, a public tender offer made to the other owners in November 2006 resulted in Grimaldi gaining only 85 029 stocks, or 0,18% of the total. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Services Finnlines' roro cargo ships serve Finland, Russia, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom and Spain. In addition to that Finnlines maintains freight/passenger services on the routes Helsinki - Travemünde, Naantali - Kappelskär (Finnlink) and Malmö - Travemünde (Nordö Link). Naantali (Swedish Nådendal, Latin Vallis Gratiae - valley of grace), city in south-western Finland, known as the probably most important tourist centre of the country. ...
Helsinki - Travemünde Currently Finnlines traffics between Helsinki and Travemünde on four ropax ferries. - M/S Finnhansa (to be replaced in spring 2007 by the new M/S Finnlady)
- M/S Transeuropa (to be replaced in spring 2007 by the new M/S Finnlady)
- M/S Finnstar
- M/S Finnmaid
Naantali - Kappelskär Marketed as Finnlink, Finnlines offers fregith and passenger service between Naantali (Finland) and Kappelskär (Sweden) with three ropax ferries. - M/S Finnfellow
- M/S Finneagle
- M/S Finnclipper
Malmö - Travemünde The Nordö Link service is currently operated on four ropax vessels. M/S Finnpartner and M/S Finntrader are currently being rebuilt for this service, but it is not known if they will supplant existing vessels or be placed alongside them. Additionally two of the new large ropax vessels being built by Fincantieri have been planned for this service. - M/S Finnarrow
- M/S Finnsailor
- M/S Lübeck Link
- M/S Malmö Link
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