Rederi Ab Sally was a Finnish shipping company founded in the 1937 by Algot Johansson. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] Originally a tanker operator, Sally became a dominant member of the Viking Line shipping consortium in the 1970s. Viking Line is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands The company met bad times in the 1980s and was bought by its rivals Effoa and Johnson Line (owners of Silja Line) in 1987. Effoa was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius as the Finland Steamship Company or Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag in Johnson Line (Swedish Johnsonlinjen was a Shipping line founded in 1904 as a subsidiary of Rederi AB Nordstjernan. Silja Line ( Tallink Silja Oy) is a Finnish ferry company owned by the Estonian Ferry operator Tallink. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) In 1990 the operations of Sally, Effoa and Johnson Line were merged into EffJohn and Rederi Ab Sally ceased to exist as an independent company. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Subsdiaries
During its history Rederi Ab Sally was involved in operating tankers, ferries, cruiseferries and cruise ships. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a Cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience It fully or partially owned numerous subsidiaries, including:
- Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen / Rederi Ab Solstad - founded in 1959, Rederi Ab Sally majority of stocks in 1963, merged into Rederi Ab Sally in the 1970s. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Commodore Cruise Lines - bought in 1980. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
- Sally Line UK - founded in 1981. Sally Line UK (sometimes referred to as Sally Ferries UK) was a Ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea routes Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981
- Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna - bought from Enso-Gutzeit in 1982. Wasa Line (earlier Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab and Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna) was a Finnish Shipping company, established in 1948 and ceased trading when Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
- Sally Cruise - founded in 1985, traffic started 1986. Sally Cruise was a wholly owned subsidiary of Rederi Ab Sally, Finland that operated Cruise ships on the Baltic Sea between the years 1986 and Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
- Ånedin Linjen - purchased in 1986.
Rederi Ab Sally was also a partner in the Viking Line consortium from its founding in 1966 until 1987, when Sally was bought by the owners of Viking Line's main rivals Silja Line, and the other Viking Line partners Rederi AB Slite and SF Line forced Sally to withdraw from the consortium. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Rederi AB Slite was a Swedish Shipping company, founded in 1947 SF Line was the name of the Finnish shipping company presently known as Viking Line.
References
- ^ Micke Asklander. Rederi Ab Sally (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved on 2008-01-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople
External links
- Sally & Silja discussion at FCBS forum (in Finnish)
- Commodore Cruise Lines at Simplon Postcards
- Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen at Maritime Timetable Images
- Sally Line UK at Simplon Postcards
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