Finland Steamship Company / Effoa
Fate	Merger
Successor	EffJohn
Founded	1883
Defunct	1990
Location	Helsinki,  Finland
Industry	Cargo and passenger shipping
Subsidiary	Silja Line Finncarriers Finnlines

S/S Titania, an FÅA ship that sailed on Helsinki/Hanko– Copenhagen– Hull in the early 20th century. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Shipping is physical process of Transporting goods and Cargo. Silja Line ( Tallink Silja Oy) is a Finnish ferry company owned by the Estonian Ferry operator Tallink. Finnlines Oy is a Finnish Shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Finnlines Oy is a Finnish Shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the ^[1]

Effoa was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius as the Finland Steamship Company^[2] or Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag in Swedish, Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö in Finnish. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside The company was usually referred to as FÅA, an abbreviation of the original Swedish name. In 1976, the company changed its name to Effoa, a phonetic spelling of the abbreviation FÅA.

The company was a founding member of the Silja Line consortium. Silja Line ( Tallink Silja Oy) is a Finnish ferry company owned by the Estonian Ferry operator Tallink. ^[3] In 1975 FÅA founded Finncarriers together with Finnlines as a joint freight operations venture. Finnlines Oy is a Finnish Shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Finnlines Oy is a Finnish Shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the At the same time FÅA gave up passenger traffic between Finland and Germany, the ships used on the route were sold to Finnlines. In the 1980s both Finncarriers and Finnlines became fully owned subsidiaries of Effoa. In 1989 Effoa decided to give up its freight-carrying operations, and its shares of Finnlines were transferred to Effoa's owners. ^[4] Effoa stopped trading as an independent company in 1990 when its freight operations were demerged to form an independent Finnlines, while the passenger operations were merged with Johnson Line (the other partner in Silja Line at the time) to form EffJohn. Finnlines Oy is a Finnish Shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Johnson Line (Swedish Johnsonlinjen was a Shipping line founded in 1904 as a subsidiary of Rederi AB Nordstjernan.

After World War II, in 1945, FÅA was the first company to restart passenger traffic between Helsinki and Stockholm, using S/S Wellamo. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the The same ship was also the first to start passenger traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn after World War II in 1965. Tallinn (historically known by the German, Swedish and Danish name Reval or the Polish name Rewal, among other names ^[5]

Ships

• S/S Arcturus (1899-1957) - Passenger ship that operated primarily on the Hanko—Copenhagen—Hull route. The steamship Arcturus was a passenger ship of the Finland Steamship Company operating primarily on the route between Hanko, Finland and Hull Hanko (ˈhɑŋko in Finnish Hangö in Swedish, and Гангут in Russian) is a Bilingual port town on the south coast Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred
• S/S Wellamo (1927-1967) - Restarted Helsinki—Stockholm and Helsinki—Tallinn traffic after World War II. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Tallinn (historically known by the German, Swedish and Danish name Reval or the Polish name Rewal, among other names Scrapped in 1969.
• M/S Ilmatar (1964-1980) - As of 2007 the casino cruise ship M/S Palm Beach Princess. Concept and construction In the early 1960s the Finland Steamship Company decided to construct a 5171 Gross register ton ship for the Finland—Sweden service
• M/S Finlandia (1967-1976) - Effoa's first modern car/passenger ferry. Status as of 2007, casino cruise ship M/S Golden Princess in Hongkong. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
• M/S Aallotar (1972-1978) - First ship to start year-round traffic between Helsinki and Stockholm. MS Aallotar In 1970 the Finnish shipping company Oy Siljavarustamo - Siljarederiet Ab ordered two new carferries for Helsinki - Stockholm service Scrapped in 2004.
• M/S Finlandia (1981-1990) - Largest cruiseferry of her time. Service history 1981—1990 MS Finlandia Originally to be named MS Skandia, Finlandia was the first large modern cruiseferry to A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a Cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. Later M/S Queen of Scandinavia of DFDS Seaways. DFDS A/S, an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company) is a Danish Shipping company.
• GTS M/S Finnjet (1986-1990) - Purchased from Enso-Gutzeit. Overview Finnjet was built at the Wärtsilä shipyard (now Aker Finnyards) (Build-No Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company The longest and fastest cruiseferry of her time (still fastest as of 2008).

References

External links

• Finland Steamship Company at TheShipList
• Silja Line company website