Wasa Line (earlier Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab and Vaasanlaivat/Vasabåtarna) was a Finnish shipping company, established in 1948 and ceased trading when merged into Silja Line in 1993. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This is a list of the world's ship operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Silja Line ( Tallink Silja Oy) is a Finnish ferry company owned by the Estonian Ferry operator Tallink. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) It was concerned with ferry traffic between Finland and Sweden across the Gulf of Bothnia. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Gulf of Bothnia (Pohjanlahti Bottniska viken ie Bottenviken + Bottenhavet is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea.
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History
In 1948, Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå was founded to start passenger traffic across Kvarken, the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia. Kvarken (alternative spelling Quarken, Swedish Kvarken, Finnish Merenkurkku, or North Kvarken as opposed to South The Gulf of Bothnia (Pohjanlahti Bottniska viken ie Bottenviken + Bottenhavet is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. On May 28, the company's first ship MS Turisten made its first journey from Vaasa in Finland to Umeå in Sweden. Vaasa ( Swedish: Vasa) is a city on the west coast of Finland. Umeå (ʉːmеоː, Uumaja Ubmi is a University city in Västerbotten, Sweden. People living on both sides of Kvarken are predominantly Swedish-speaking, as were the company founders, hence the company originally only had a name in Swedish and ships were named in Swedish.
The company's first ships were used steamers, only capable of summer traffic. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller In 1958, Merivienti Oy, subsidiary of the Finnish forest industry giant Enso-Gutzeit, became the largest owner of Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company With funds from the new owner, the company could purchase their first ship capable of carrying cars, SS Korsholm III. In 1962, the company was delivered its only newbuild, MS Vaasa, a freighter that spent most of its career in the company chartered elsewhere, until it was sold in 1964. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
Oy Vaasa-Umeå Ab
In 1964, MS Wasa Express, the company's first genuine car and passenger ferry was purchased from Sessan Linjen. Wasa Express started a trend of buying ships from Sessan Linjen, as well as the trend of giving ships names ending with Express. In 1965, the company name was changed into the bilingual form Oy Vaasa - Umeå Ab. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Two years later, with the purchase of the MS Botnia Express, operation between Vaasa and Sundsvall was launched. Sundsvall is a city (pop 49400 in Medelpad, lower Norrland in central Sweden. In 1970, a line from Vaasa to Örnsköldsvik was opened. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Örnsköldsvik (pronounced Earn'sholds'veek is a town (pop 29000 in Ångermanland, Sweden and is the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland The following year the company expanded further, opening a line between Pori and Sundsvall, however it proved unprofitable and was cancelled the following year. Pori ( Björneborg in Swedish) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland.
In 1976, Vaasa-Umeå purchased MS Viking 3 from Rederi Ab Sally, and reused the name Wasa Express for her. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rederi Ab Sally was a Finnish shipping company founded in the 1937 by Algot Johansson During the following decade three of her sister ships would also find their way into Vaasa-Umeå's fleet. In fact the company had considered ordering a newbuild of the same class in the early 70's, but had decided it would be too expensive.
Vaasanlaivat - Vasabåtarna
Enso-Gutzeit became the sole owner of Vasa-Umeå in 1979, and changed the company's name to Vaasanlaivat - Vasabåtarna (The Vaasa Boats). The same year Wasa Express' sister ship MS Botnia Express was added to the company's fleet. History Viking Line service M/S Diana was the fourth in a series of six near-identical sisters built between 1970 and 1974 for Rederi Ab Sally and In 1981, the company chartered MS Wasa Star from Rederi AB Gotland, bringing the first large ferry to the Gulf of Bothnia. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Concept and construction In the late 1970s the Swedish shipbuilding industry was suffering from a downturn with little to no ships in order from Swedish shipyards Destination Gotland is a Swedish ferry-line that run state-subsidiarised domestic ferries from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn to Visby on the island of Gotland Unfortunately there were not enough passengers to support such a large ship and she was laid up in autumn 1982, later subchartered to Karageorgios Line in Greece. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία In 1982 Enso-Gutzeit decided to bow out of the shipping business, and Vaasanlaivat was sold to Rederi Ab Sally (most of their other operations passed to Effoa). Rederi Ab Sally was a Finnish shipping company founded in the 1937 by Algot Johansson Effoa was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius as the Finland Steamship Company or Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag in
1986 saw the purchase of one of the longest operating ships on the Gulf of Botnia, when MS Fennia was purchased from Jakob Lines. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) History 1966-1984 In the 1960's Siljavarustamo / Siljarederiet (daughter company of Finland Steamship Company (FÅA Steamship Company Bore Jakob Lines was a Ferry operator based in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari Finland. A part of the payment was made in the form of MS Fenno Express, a small ship better suited for Jakob Lines' traffic. By this time Sally was doing rather badly financially, and in 1987 the company was purchased by Effoa and Johnson Line, the owners of Silja Line. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Effoa was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius as the Finland Steamship Company or Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag in Silja Line ( Tallink Silja Oy) is a Finnish ferry company owned by the Estonian Ferry operator Tallink. The purchase had no immediate effect, although it did eventually prove decisive to the future of Vaasanlaivat.
Wasa Line
In 1989, Vaasanlaivat acquired Jakob Lines, hence starting to traffic between Jakobstad and Kokkola in Finland and Skellefteå in Sweden. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Jakobstad in Swedish, or Pietarsaari in Finnish, is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Kokkola, or Karleby in Swedish, is a town and municipality of Finland. See also Skellefteå, an album by The Wannadies. Skellefteå is a city in Västerbotten in northern Sweden Officially Jakob Lines survived until 1991, but by that time all their ships had the funnel markings of Vaasanlaivat. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In 1990, Vaasanlaivat's owners merged into EffJohn. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 1991 saw the company's name changed into a more international form, Wasa Line, and the purchase of the new MS Wasa King from their sister company Silja Line. The following year Wasa King was joined by another former Silja ferry, MS Wasa Queen. History 1975-1986 In 1972 the Finnish- Swedish ferry consortium Silja Line started around-the-year car/passenger ferry traffic between Helsinki Wasa Line proved to be shortlived however, as by 1993 EffJohn were forced to reorganise their operations in order to save money, and Wasa Line was merged into Silja Line.
Silja continued to operate on Kvarken, but the line to Sundsvall was cancelled in 1996, and after the termination of tax-free sales on intra-European Union travel, Silja bowed out of traffic in the area altogether in the year 2000. Tax-free shopping refers to the opportunity for customers to purchase goods or services without paying any tax normally collected at retail such as Sales tax, Goods The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. For a while there was no traffic across Kvarken, until spring 2001 when the newly found RG Line purchased the Fennia from Silja Line and recommenced traffic from Vaasa to Umeå. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. RG Line is a Finnish Shipping company founded in 2001 that operates a ferry line between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå,
Ships
Not a complete list.
- MS Botnia Express (1979-1992)
- MS Wasa Star (1981-1982)
- MS Fennia (1986-1993)
- MS Wasa King (1991-1993)
- MS Wasa Queen (1992-1993)
References
- Wasa Line at Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)
- Vasabåtarna - nostalgi (Swedish)
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