Silja LINE is the label name for the passenger and freight service achievements of the Finnish shipping company Silja Oy off with seat in Espoo, Finland. As a prominent navigation company on the Baltic Sea Silja LINE operates at present a fleet of 11 ships.

Enterprise data

The enterprise transported in the year 2003 with 3558 coworkers altogether 5.4 million passengers, the market share on the popular connections between Finland and Sweden amounted to 57% (24% on the fast growing market between Helsinki and Tallinn). Within the freight range Silja has 35% portion between Finland and Sweden and 25% between Finland and Estonia. The annual turnover amounts to 517 million euro (2003).

The today's Silja Oy off was briefly created 1883 as Finska off Suomen Oy - (Finnish Dampfschiff AG). This created 1957 together with the co-operation partners of Stockholm Rederi starting from Svea and starting from Bore, Turku the shipping company Siljarederiet - Siljavarustamo for the constantly increasing This used the first autoferry boat built for this purpose in Finland starting from 1961 with the ms SKANDIA built in Helsinki with 1972 became from the shipping company Silja the marketing company Silja LINE and property and Bereederung of the Silja own ships turned into on the three parent companies Bore, Svea and 1992 took over the Silja LINE again the complete Bereederung of the fleet of the parent company EFF John (today's Silja Oy off), driving under their Logo. 2003 was fused parent company Silja Oy off and the subsidiary Silja LINE Oy. With the 1988 created SeaWind LINE the enterprise operates one on freight and simple transport traffic spezialiserte subsidiary. Since 2002 the British Sea of container Ltd. holds. all portions of Silja.

The largest competitors are:

Sweden Finland traffic: Viking LINE, Finnlink

Finland Estland-traffic: Valley left, LINE

Finland Germany traffic (seasonal via Tallinn with GTS FINNJET): Super+nearly Ferries

Distances

Silja serves the following distances in the line and cruise traffic:

• Helsinki Mariehamn Stockholm
• Turku Stockholm
• Turku Kapellsk¤r (Septembers until April)
• Helsinki Tallinn

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Up-to-date

Ferry boats for the combined freight and passenger traffic:

• Ms Silja serenade 1990
• Ms Silja Symphony 1991
• Ms Silja festival 1992 - (ex WELLAMO Bj. 1986)
• Ms Silja Europe 1993

High-speed ferries in passenger traffic:

• HSC Superseacat Four 2000
• HSC Superseacat Three 2003

Ships of the subsidiary SeaWind LINE (Turku Stockholm

• Ms Sea wind 1989
• Ms Sky wind 2002

At present to the sales publicized out and no more in the Silja airline service used:

• GTS Finnjet 1987 - since October 2005 as living ship for students in Baton Rouge Louis IANA, the USA
• Ms Silja Opera 2002-2006 (presented for February in Stockholm to the sales)
• Ms WALRUS - Cruise ship

Some former ferries

• Ms Skandia 1980-1983
• Ms Silja star 1980-1986
• Ms Finlandia 1981-1990
• Ms Silvia Regina 1981-1991
• Ms Svea Corona 1984-1985
• Ms Svea 1985-1992 (after it SILJA KARNEVAL to 94, thereafter Color LINE A/S, Oslo, Norge COLOR FESTIVAL)
• Ms Wellamo 1986-1992
• Ms Silja Karneval 1992-1994 (ex Svea of 1985)
• Ms Sally Albatross 1992-1994 (today's Silja Opera)
• Ms Silja Scandinavia 1994-1997 (today's Viking LINE off GABRIELLA)
• HSC Seacat Danmark 2000

Related links

• Official homepage of the Silja Oy off (English)
• German Website of the Silja LINE

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