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Editorial
Contents
Modern, international and profitable 2
Antwerp toasts new service 4
Bilbao shares the celebrations 6
Ambassador visits the
Finland Terminal 8
Welcome to the new Fin
Modern, internat
Finnlines UK – St. Petersburg
service up and running 9
A ship springs to life on the Yangtze 10
TransRussiaExpress 12
Agents & Schedules 13
Issue 1/2011
Editor in Chief:
Leena Manner
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Serving the Finnish market has always been at the heart of our mission at
Finnlines. That is as true today as it was when the company was founded
more than 60 years ago, witness the new connections that we have added
through Helsinki over recent months, and the big new ships now sailing on
routes to and from our native city.
But if Finnlines is still attached to the warmth of home, it also has a spirit
of adventure that dates back to its beginnings in 1947, when it started life
running ships between Finland and the US East Coast. That wanderlust is
still in the company’s blood.
Over the last year, we have struck out determinedly into new territories,
adding state-of-the-art new ships to new services and routes that have
taken us far beyond our traditional markets in the Baltic Sea.
What is more, we have taken advantage of the extensive network developed
by our parent company, the Naples-based Grimaldi Group, to offer our
customers access to far-flung destinations in the Mediterranean, Africa and
the Americas. In the process, we are catapaulting the name of Finnlines,
and that of Finland, around the world.
As you will read in this edition of Finnlines News, the latest addition to
our growing network is the innovative new service linking Bilbao, Antwerp,
Helsinki and St. Petersburg. Three vessels are currently employed on the

nlines!
ional and towards profitability
Emanuel Sparring
seven-day service, but capacity is likely to rise as state-of-the-art new
vessels currently on order begin joining the fleet in 2011.
Our desire further to expand this service reflects our belief in the
immense potential of the Russia trade, and in our ability to serve it
with the efficiency and flexibility required to speed its development.
Over the last two years, we have added steadily to our portfolio
on routes into St. Petersburg, launching a direct weekly connection
with Helsinki in 2009, and this year increasing capacity on the northern
route into the Russian city and adding calls into Ventspils and
Sassnitz. We also debuted a new “Central Line” service from Hull and
Immingham via Helsinki to St. Petersburg.
All this expansion is not just about cargo. After long years of inattention,
our passenger business is now a focus for sustained investment,
and these service enhancements open up new possibilities for
passengers travelling between Germany, Latvia and Russia.
The strength and reach of the Grimaldi Group, meanwhile, allows
us to open up ever-wider possibilities for our customers in the region.
By knitting together seamless connections with ACL into the
United States, for instance, or with Grimaldi’s Euromed service into
the Mediterranean, we are able to carry cargo efficiently into new
markets, enhancing our customers’ sales prospects at a particularly
challenging time for all of us.
Investing in a downturn is never an easy choice, but it is often the
right one. Since the crisis hit in 2008, we have worked to reorganise
our internal structure, rationalise our fleet, and rebalance our service
network. But we have also invested, in new ships and new services,
in a bid to enhance our offering to our customers.
That approach is now paying off. As the recovery inches closer,
a new Finnlines is emerging that is a modern, efficient, responsive
to its customers’ needs and, of course,
moving fast towards profitability. After
a year of struggle, we turned the corner
in the second quarter and firmly
expect to generate solid earnings
for 2010. Heartened by our progress
over the last year, we can now look
forward to 2011 with confidence.
Uwe Bakosch, CEO

Antwerp toasts new
St. Petersburg service
Finnlines launched its new service between Bilbao, Antwerp and St. Petersburg on
September 24th and there could have been no more fitting locale for the celebration of
the great event than Antwerp Euroterminal, one of the major hubs for our parent
company, the Naples-based Grimaldi Group.
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From here, the many customers, potential
customers and members of the press who
attended the inauguration not only had the
chance to see how impressive this terminal
looks, but how well it performs. They were
able to watch MS Finnpulp, one of the three
modern, fast and efficient ro-ros that will
ply this route, as it was loaded for its next
voyage.
Newbuildings will add performance
The new service links the thriving
Russian port of st. petersburg via
antwerp to the grimaldi group’s
dense network of routings all
over the world.
Finnlines chief executive Uwe Bakosch
delivered the welcome address, along with
a presentation of the new service. As he remarked,
it will provide the only direct ro-ro
connection between Antwerp and St. Petersburg,
providing a response to the growing
needs of this most demanding of markets.
The new service also links this thriving
Russian port via Antwerp to the Grimaldi
Group’s dense network of routings to the
Mediterranean, West Africa and South
America. It is only likely to become more
efficient with time, and the expansion and
modernisation of the Finnlines fleet.
That process is already underway, with six
new vessels scheduled to join the fleet starting
this year. These newbuildings will not
only improve Finnlines’ environmental performance,
since they will replace older vessels,
but will add to its car-carrying capacity
through the use of hoistable car decks on two
levels on the main deck.

Finnlines
From left to rigth: Håkan Modig, Executive Vice President, Fleet Management,
Finnlines Plc, Lars Andersson, Master, Brian Rolfe, Managing Director,
Finnlines UK Ltd and Jeroen Brauns, VCK Amsterdam.
Uwe Bakosch, President/CEO,
Finnlines Plc.
Accessibility of port to be
improved in Antwerp
The service will provide a boost for Finnlines,
adding capacity and providing an alternative
route for the burgeoning Russia trade, so enhancing
customer satisfaction. But it should
also be a boon for Antwerp as the port authority’s
commercial director, Luc Arnouts,
told the multitude assembled for the inauguration.
He stressed the importance of developing
the Left Bank of the port, where Finnlines and
Grimaldi vessels currently call. Continuing
development work in this area will soon see
the installation of a new sea-lock designed
to improve access and ease the problem of
congestion at the Kallo lock, the Left Bank’s
one access route.
Bolstering trade to and from Russia
Evgeny Baranovskiy, consul general of
the Russian Federation, also extended his
congratulations to Finnlines on the launch of
the new line, which he said renews a historic
link between Antwerp and St. Petersburg. He
added that the service should significantly
bolster trade between Russia and Belgium,
and between Russia and the rest of Europe
and beyond.
There was time for further evidence of
the Grimaldi Group’s strong presence in Antwerp,
with the guests able to follow the arrival
of another of its ships at the end of the
day. The concensus appeared to be that with
this latest addition to its network of services
through St. Petersburg, Finnlines has another
hit on its hands.
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Bilbao shares the
celebrations for Finnlines’
new Russia link
The launch of the new Bilbao-Antwerp–St. Petersburg service was cause for heartfelt
celebration in the port of Bilbao, at the industrial heart of the Basque Country.
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Photos: Finnlines archive
The new service, which extends the weekly
Bilbao–Antwerp–Helsinki line to St. Petersburg,
has a transit time of seven days, leaving
Bilbao on Wednesday and arriving at its
destination at 7 am on next Wednesday.
Finnlines chief executive Uwe Bakosch
brought a high-level team of executives to
the city for the occasion, a measure of the
importance the company attaches to its Bilbao
connection.
“Our aim is to tie Russia even more
closely to our existing European
network, and to open up routes
for it worldwide via Antwerp and
the Grimaldi Group’s services to
the Mediterranean, Africa and the
Americas.”
New boost also for Bilbao port
At an inauguration ceremony at the terminal
hosted by the company along with its longserving
local agent Consignaciones Toro y
Betolaza, Bilbao port president José Ramon
de la Fuente noted that this will be the first
time that Bilbao has had a direct connection
to St. Petersburg.
He added that the new service, linking
Spain to one of the world’s most vibrant
economies, would provide a major boost for
the international development of the Basque
port, which is already recognised as the most
important on Spain’s Atlantic Coast.
Tying Russian markets to
worldwide services
Mr Bakosch reaffirmed Finnlines’ commitment
to the Russian market, which is already
expanding fast and which has massive potential
for further growth, adding that the
company would focus particularly on the
automotive, trailer and project cargo sectors.
“Our aim is to tie Russia even more closely
to our existing European network, and to
open up routes for it worldwide via Antwerp
and the Grimaldi Group’s services to the
Mediterranean, Africa and the Americas.”
The inauguration of the new service was
also attended by representatives of the
paper industry, the automotive sector, and
wider industry, as well as the region’s major
forwarders and a sizeable press delegation.
Gerardo Toro, president of Consignaciones
Toro y Betolaza, invited the guests to
inspect the terminal and follow the loading
operations on MS Finnmill prior to its departure
the following day.
New vessels to be assigned to the route
Finnlines currently operates three vessels on
the route, calling Bilbao–Antwerp–Helsinki–
St. Petersburg–Turku–Travemünde–Kotka–
Helsinki–Gothenburg. They are Finnmill and
Finnpulp, each with capacity for 3,276 lm of
rolling cargo and 1,350 lm of cars, and Birka
Trader, which has capacity for 1,690 lm of
rolling cargo.
In the near future, and provided the trade
grows as expected, Finnlines may well assign
one of its coming ro-ro newbuildings,
with the same capacity as those two larger
vessels, to this highly promising service.
Russia is not so far away any more…if you
choose Finnlines.
From left to rigth: Gerardo Toro, President
of Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza, Uwe
Bakosch, President/CEO, Finnlines Plc and
José Ramon de la Fuente Arteagabeitia,
Chairman/President of the Port of Bilbao
Authority.
From left to rigth: Luc Hens, Managing Director,
Finnlines Belgium NV, Gerardo Toro, President
of Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza, José
Ramon de la Fuente Arteagabeitia, Chairman/
President of the Port of Bilbao Authority, Uwe
Bakosch, President/CEO, Finnlines Plc and
Håkan Modig, Executive Vice President, Fleet
Management, Finnlines Plc.
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Finnish Ambassador to the
UK visits the Finland Terminal
On Monday 22nd November, His Excellency
Mr Pekka Huhtaniemi, the Finnish
Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s,
visited the Finland Terminal in Hull.
The Ambassador, who is keen to follow the
development of Finnish business in the UK,
is also interested, like many other Finns, in
history. During the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, two million emigrants
from the Baltic States passed through Hull
on their way to Liverpool before embarking
for Canada and United States of America.
Some 430,000 of these were Finns.
The Ambassador concluded his visit on
Tuesday by boarding the Finnlines MS Birka
Trader in Immingham.
From left to rigth: Brian Rolfe, Managing Director, Finnlines UK
Ltd, Pekka Huhtaniemi, Finnish Ambassador to the court of St.
James’s, Matt Jukes, ABP, Hull Port Director
Keith Anderson
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Keith Anderson
From left to rigth: Håkan Modig, Executive Vice President, Fleet Management, Finnlines Plc, David
Gemmel OBE, Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber, Uwe Bakosch, President/CEO, Finnlines Plc,
Brian Rolfe, Managing Director, Finnlines UK Ltd
Finnlines UK
– St. Petersburg service up and running
A reception to mark the inauguration of a
direct service from the port of Hull to St.
Petersburg in Russia was held at the Finland
Terminal on 23rd November.
This route is particularly pertinent as the
City of Hull has a long-term connection with
St. Petersburg through Sir Henry Samman
(1850–1928) who was a local ship-owner and
broker. He traded with the Baltic States and
eventually formed an Educational Trust that
still offers bursaries for students to study
business and language in St. Petersburg.
The President and CEO of the Finnlines
Group, Mr Uwe Bakosch, gave a presentation
to the guests on the current Finnlines business
strategy. The Lord Mayor and Admiral of
the Humber, Councillor David Gemmell OBE,
and the Hull Port Director, Mr Matt Jukes of
Associated British Ports, both gave responses.
The event was very well received by our
customers, many of whom have expressed
a positive interest in the new service. With
a 5-day transit time, this direct service has
already shown cargo growth week on week.
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Mongolia
Yangtze river
Beijing
Yellow
Sea
Himalayas
China
Nanjing
Shanghai
East
China
Sea
India
Burma
Vietnam
Hong
Kong
Taiwan
South China Sea
A ship springs to life
on the mighty Yangtze
Building an oceangoing ship is a complex task, requiring skilled design, meticulous
planning, and the man-hours of a small army of craftsmen over many months.
As the ship nears completion, it is also, increasingly,
an emotional undertaking and
that was certainly the case for the officers
and crew of the Finnlines newbuilding
Finnbreeze as the vessel took shape at a yard
in China’s Jiangsu province.
Meticulous testing prior to sea trials
As its chief engineer, Emanuel Sparring, reports,
this is now an immense industrial area
through which passes the mighty Yangtze
River, its banks teeming with shipyards and
terminals.
Sparring had travelled from the lush provinces
of southern China to join the ship as it
prepared for its sea trials. It had just been
moved from its birthplace in the Nanjing
shipyard to another facility down-river for a
final coat of paint.
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Emanuel Sparring
The Finnlines newbuilding Finnbreeze is being prepared for its sea trials. For this it was moved from Nanjing down the river also for a
final coat of paint.
As Sparring says: “Even though the final
paint-job is just a small part of the complex
process of building a ship, it still gives you
the feeling that she is alive and ready for
the sea.”
The days following his arrival and prior to
those all-important sea-trials were taken up
testing and re-testing the myriad parts and
systems on-board before the vessel could be
commissioned. “Every little detail has to be
tested and approved,” he says, “from lifeboats
and radars to mess-rooms and cabins.”
Creative minds find solutions
When the big day finally arrived, reaching
the ship proved to be easier said than done.
Heavy fog shut down the bridge over the
Yangtze and delayed the crew’s arrival at the
yard. And when they finally made it through,
they discovered that the ship had been
banked alongside two immense and decrepit
bulk carriers that they had to pick their way
across in order to access Finnbreeze.
Reaching the sea-trial area was also a
challenge, with large vessels unable to sail
the river at night, wisely so given how dense
the traffic is and how poorly lit, and the decks
of the ship teeming with shipyard personnel
who had to be fed and accommodated. Indeed,
Sparring reports that so many were on
board that the crew had to turn the outside
container deck into a food court.
“these ships will deliver the performance
expected and perhaps
even more. with all the technology
upgrades built into these
vessels they will be an interesting
challenge to operate.”
The sea trials exceeding all expectations
Thankfully, the sea-trials went exactly as
planned. Says Sparring: “After all kinds of
performance tests, we started to feel secure
that these ships will deliver the performance
expected and perhaps even more. The machinery
control systems and bridge systems
are a significant upgrade on the older, sister
ships, and with all the technology built into
these vessels they will be an interesting
challenge to operate.”
Finnbreeze will have the Yangtze River as
her home for a few months more before Sparring
and his fellow crewmembers are able to
sail her away. He, for one, is already looking
forward to it. As he says: “Ships have souls,
as all seafarers know, and it could be that
she will always remember her first manouveurs
in these muddy waters. Hopefully, too,
she will come to appreciate her new home in
the clean, cold waters of the Baltic.
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TransRussiaExpress (TRE)
the rock in the surf for sustainability of utmost
reliability for Russia for so many years
Building a successful shipping business is about having the foresight to identify an opportunity,
and the confidence to stand by your belief through good times and bad. In the Baltic, there is
surely no better example of this maxim at work than Finnlines’ TransRussiaExpress (TRE) service.
MS Translubeca in Kiel before the service was moved to Lübeck in 2002 & MS Transrussia serving the route Kiel-St. Petersburg
Photos: Finnlines archive
TRE was an immediate hit with its customers
when it was launched as a direct ro-ro liner
service between Kiel and St. Petersburg in
February 1997. Fourteen years on, it has developed
into a thriving business, with modern
ships carrying cargo and an increasing
number of passengers on a growing network
of routings.
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Bumpy road to success
The years since the inauguration of the service
were not always easy, however. Indeed, it
has been a slightly bumpy road from there to
here, and it has required determination and
self-belief to get this far.
When TRE’s journey began, though, it was
all downhill. The service debuted with two
old Russian quarter-ramp ro-ros with capacity
of 950 lane metres, and developed so fast
that it was soon operating up to five ships
with a total weekly capacity of 4,750 lm in
both directions.
The first bump in the road came in August,
1998, when Russia’s economic collapse saw
volumes in what had been a profitable service
plunge 75 per cent almost overnight. Finnlines
and its then-partner TransLog (former BTS)
kept the service running nonetheless, even if
with only two ships, and slowly the market
recovered.
By 2000, they were investing again. The
next-generation ro-pax Translubeca, with
capacity for 1,750 lm of rolling cargo and
84 passengers, was deployed on the route
alongside the older 950 lm Transrussia. The
addition of other Finnlines ships and chartered
tonnage later boosted capacity to
6,750 lm per week, while in 2002 the service
was moved from Kiel to Lübeck.
New vessels and ports of call added
The global economic crisis that hit home in
late 2008, however, delivered another blow
to the service, with cargo volumes dropping
abruptly by 70 per cent, this at a
time when the Naplesbased
Grimaldi Group
had just taken over
Finnlines.
Undaunted, the new
owners continued to invest
in developing the
service. Since then, it has moved towards a
full ro-pax service with the addition in February,
2009, of the Transeuropa, with its capacity
for 3,200 lm and 124 passengers. The
service has grown steadily over the last two
years, and is now served by three vessels:
Transeuropa and its sister ship Transrussia,
formerly Finnhansa, and the smaller Translubeca,
for a total of 8,000 lm per week.
The service, which also calls at Sassnitz,
has been expanded recently, with two

weekly calls at the Latvian port of Ventspils
added in August. It is now fully booked sailing
eastbound and fast picking up volumes
westbound, with shipments of paper from
Kotka to Lübeck and trucks out of Ventspils
both contributing healthy volumes. The 332
passenger places on the service have also
spurred growth on that side of the business.
More ports linked to the service
Further expansion is on the cards in line
with an expected boom in trade through St.
Petersburg.
Grimaldi this year began linking several
other services from his far-flung network into
the TransRussiaExpress system, and Bilbao,
is now connected via Antwerp and Helsinki
to St. Petersburg and Hull and Immingham
via Helsinki to St.Petersburg. These moves
will not only help develop the Russian market
but link TRE customers to the wider Grimaldi
network in the Mediterranean, Africa and the
Americas.
Fourteen years on, and despite a few
bumps in the road, TRE still has the look of
a winner.
Finnlines also with more focus on Russia – Inauguration Party held on 19.10.2010 in St. Petersburg
An inauguration party was held in St.
Petersburg in order to celebrate the two
shipping services, Finnlines’ new weekly
liner connections from Bilbao to St. Petersburg
via Antwerp and Helsinki and
from Hull to St. Petersburg via Helsinki.
The guests included representatives from
politics, authorities from the ports of Antwerp,
Hull, Helsinki and St. Petersburg
and potential customers.
The launch of new services is opening
a new era in knitting Russia more closely
From left to right: Luis Gabiola, Operation
& International Development Manager Port
Bilbao, Uwe Bakosch, President/CEO,
Finnlines Plc, Eddy Bruyninckx, Managing
Director of the port of Antwerp, José
Ramon de la Fuente Arteagabeitia,
Chairman/President of the Port of Bilbao
Authority, Amaia Sarasola, Commercial
Manager Port Bilbao, Luc Hens, Managing
Director, Finnlines Belgium NV, Joachim
Coens, President of the port of Zeebrugge.
into the fast expanding Finnlines/Grimaldi
network. New lines are complimenting
the successful operation of TransRussiaExpress
from Lübeck to St. Petersburg
via Sassnitz-Mukran. The guests also noted
that the opening of new connections is
a decisive step of the Finnlines/Grimaldi
Group’s engagement towards expanding
Russian markets.
TransRussiaExpress
Passengers & ro-ro service
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Wallhamn
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Halmstad
Esbjerg
Cork
Bristol
Southampton
Antwerp
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Setubal
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Tunis
Civitavecchia
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SALERNO 24/12 31/12 7/1 14/1 21/1 28/1 4/2 11/2 18/2 25/2 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4
SAVONA 25/12 1/1 8/1 15/1 22/1 29/1 5/2 12/2 19/2 26/2 5/3 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4
SETUBAL 28/12 4/1 11/1 18/1 25/1 1/2 8/2 15/2 22/2 1/3 8/3 15/3 22/3 29/3 5/4 12/4
BRISTOL ( PRBY) 31/12 7/1 14/1 21/1 28/1 4/2 11/2 18/2 25/2 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4
CORK 1/1 8/1 15/1 22/1 29/1 5/2 12/2 19/2 26/2 5/3 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4
ESBJERG 4/1 11/1 18/1 25/1 1/2 8/2 15/2 22/2 1/3 8/3 15/3 22/3 29/3 5/4 12/4 19/4
WALLHAMN 5/1 12/1 19/1 26/1 2/2 9/2 16/2 23/2 2/3 9/3 16/3 23/3 30/3 6/4 13/4 20/4
ANTWERP 7/1 14/1 21/1 28/1 4/2 11/2 18/2 25/2 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4
SOUTHAMPTON 8/1 15/1 22/1 29/1 5/2 12/2 19/2 26/2 5/3 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4
SALERNO 15/1 22/1 29/1 5/2 12/2 19/2 26/2 5/3 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4 30/4
MALTA 16/1 23/1 30/1 6/2 13/2 20/2 27/2 6/3 13/3 20/3 27/3 3/4 10/4 17/4 24/4 1/5
PIRAEUS 17/1 24/1 31/1 7/2 14/2 21/2 28/2 7/3 14/3 21/3 28/3 4/4 11/4 18/4 25/4 2/5
IZMIR 18/1 25/1 1/2 8/2 15/2 22/2 1/3 8/3 15/3 22/3 29/3 5/4 12/4 19/4 26/4 3/5
ASHDOD 20/1 27/1 3/2 10/2 17/2 24/2 3/3 10/3 17/3 24/3 31/3 7/4 14/4 21/4 28/4 5/5
LIMASSOL 21/1 28/1 4/2 11/2 18/2 25/2 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4 29/4 6/5
ALEXANDRIA 23/1 30/1 6/2 13/2 20/2 27/2 6/3 13/3 20/3 27/3 3/4 10/4 17/4 24/4 1/5 8/5
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HansaLink
Passengers & ro-ro service
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
Finland
Helsinki
sales.fi@finnlines.com
Phone +358 10 343 50
Fax +358 10 343 5200
Germany
Travemünde
sales.de@finnlines.com
Phone +49 (0)451 1507 500
Fax +49 (0)451 1507 577
Poland
Gdynia
sales.pl@finnlines.com
Phone +48 (0)58 627 4239
Fax +48 (0)58 627 4249
Finland > Germany
Germany > Finland
Finland > Poland
Poland > Finland
Departure
Helsinki
Arrival
Rostock
Tue 18:30 Thu 07:00
Thu 18:30 Sat 07:00
Sat 18:30 Mon 07:00
Finland > Germany
Departure
Helsinki
Arrival
Travemünde
Mon 17:30 Tue 20:30
Tue 17:30 Wed 20:30
Wed 17:30 Thu 20:30
Thu 17:30 Fri 20:30
Fri 17:30 Sat 20:30
Sat 17:30 Sun 20:30
Sun 15:00 Mon 20:30
Departure
Rostock
Arrival
Helsinki
Mon 16:30 Wed 09:00
Thu 16:30 Sat 09:00
Sat 16:30 Mon 09:00
Germany > Finland
Departure
Travemünde
Arrival
Helsinki
Mon 03:00 Tue 07:30
Tue 03:00 Wed 07:30
Wed 03:00 Thu 07:30
Thu 03:00 Fri 07:30
Fri 03:00 Sat 07:30
Sat 03:00 Sun 07:30
Sun 03:00 Mon 07:30
Departure
Helsinki
Arrival
Gdynia
Tue 18:30 Wed 15:00
Thu 18:30 Fri 15:00
Sat 18:30 Sun 15:00
Poland > Germany
Departure
Gdynia
Arrival
Rostock
Wed 17:00 Thu 08:30
Fri 17:00 Sat 08:30
Sun 17:00 Mon 08:30
Departure
Gdynia
Arrival
Helsinki
Wed 11:00 Thu 09:00
Fri 11:00 Sat 09:00
Sun 11:00 Mon 09:00
Germany > Poland
Departure
Rostock
Arrival
Gdynia
Mon 16:30 Tue 07:00
Thu 16:30 Fri 07:00
Sat 16:30 Sun 07:00
Subject to alterations without notice
PASSENGER BOOKING: www.finnlines.com passenger@finnlines.com
FINLAND:
+358 (0) 10 343 4500
passenger@finnlines.com
GERMANY:
+49 (0) 4502 80543
passagierdienst@finnlines.com
SWEDEN FINNLINK:
+358 (0) 176 207 605
passenger@finnlines.com
SWEDEN NORDÖLINK:
+358 (0) 771 340 900
passenger@finnlines.com
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FinnLink
Passengers & ro-ro service
NordöLink
Passengers & ro-ro service
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
Finland
Naantali
finnlink@finnlink.fi
Phone +358 (0)10 436 7620
Fax +358 (0)10 436 7660
GERMANY
Travemünde
nordoe@skan-link.de
Phone +49 (0)4502 805 20
Fax +49 (0)450 22560
SWEDEN
Malmö
booking@nordoe-link.com
Phone +46 (0)40 176 800
Fax +46 (0)40 176 801
Finland > Sweden
Sweden > Finland
Germany > Sweden
Sweden > Germany
Subject to alterations without notice
Departure
Arrival
Naantali Kapellskär
Mon 09:30 Mon 16:30
Mon 17:00 Mon 23:15
Mon 22:30 Tue 05:30
Tue 09:30 Tue 16:30
Tue 17:00 Tue 23:15
Tue 22:30 Wed 05:30
Wed 09:30 Wed 16:30
Wed 17:00 Wed 23:15
Wed 22:30 Thu 05:30
Thu 09:30 Thu 16:30
Thu 17:00 Thu 23:15
Thu 22:30 Fri 05:30
Fri 09:30 Fri 16:30
Fri 17:00 Fri 23:15
Fri 22:30 Sat 05:30
Sat 09:30 Sat 16:30
Sat 22:30 Sun 05:30
Sun 09:30 Sun 16:30
Sun 12:00 Sun 18:30
Sun 22:30 Mon 05:30
Departure
Arrival
Kapellskär Naantali
Mon 01:00 Mon 10:00
Mon 09:15 Mon 18:15
Mon 21:45 Tue 06:45
Tue 01:00 Tue 10:00
Tue 09:15 Tue 18:15
Tue 21:45 Wed 06:45
Wed 01:00 Wed 10:00
Wed 09:15 Wed 18:15
Wed 21:45 Thu 06:45
Thu 01:00 Thu 10:00
Thu 09:15 Thu 18:15
Thu 21:45 Fri 06:45
Fri 01:00 Fri 10:00
Fri 09:15 Fri 18:15
Fri 21:45 Sat 06:45
Sat 09:15 Sat 18:15
Sat 21:45 Sun 06:45
Sun 09:15 Sun 18:15
Sun 21:45 Mon 06:45
Departure
Arrival
Travemünde Malmö
Mon 03:00 Mon 11:30
Mon 22:00 Tue 07:00
Tue 02:30 Tue 11:00
Tue 10:00 Tue 19:00
Tue 22:00 Wed 07:00
Wed 02:30 Wed 11:00
Wed 10:00 Wed 19:00
Wed 22:00 Thu 07:00
Thu 02:30 Thu 11:00
Thu 10:00 Thu 19:00
Thu 22:00 Fri 07:00
Fri 02:30 Fri 11:00
Fri 10:00 Fri 19:00
Fri 22:00 Sat 07:00
Sat 03:00 Sat 11:30
Sat 11:00 Sat 20:00
Sat 22:00 Sun 07:00
Sun 01:30 Sun 11:00
Sun 11:00 Sun 20:00
Sun 22:00 Mon 07:00
Departure
Arrival
Malmö Travemünde
Mon 16:00 Tue 00:30
Mon 22:00 Tue 07:00
Tue 10:00 Tue 19:00
Tue 16:00 Wed 00:30
Tue 22:00 Wed 07:00
Wed 10:00 Wed 19:00
Wed 16:00 Thu 00:30
Wed 22:00 Thu 07:00
Thu 10:00 Thu 19:00
Thu 16:00 Fri 00:30
Thu 22:00 Fri 07:00
Fri 10:00 Fri 19:00
Fri 16:00 Sat 00:30
Fri 22:00 Sat 07:00
Sat 10:00 Sat 19:00
Sat 13:30 Sat 23:00
Sat 23:00 Sun 08:00
Sun 10:00 Sun 19:00
Sun 16:00 Mon 00:30
Sun 22:00 Mon 07:00
HansaLink FinnLink NordöLink
Naantali
Helsinki
Kapellskär
Malmö
Travemünde
Rostock
Gdynia
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Finnlines
North Sea & Baltic ro-ro
Rauma
Turku Helsinki
Kotka
St. Petersburg
Wallhamn
Göteborg
Aarhus
Malmö
Hull
Immingham
Travemünde
Lübeck
Rostock
Gdynia
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bilbao
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
BELGIUM
Antwerp
sales.be@finnlines.com
Phone +32 (0)3 570 9530
Fax +32 (0)3 570 9550
DENMARK
Aarhus
sales.dk@finnlines.com
Phone +45 86 206 650
Fax +45 85 206 659
FINLAND
Helsinki
sales.fi@finnlines.com
Phone +358 10 343 50
Fax +358 10 343 5200
GERMANY
Lübeck
sales.de@finnlines.com
Phone +49 (0)451 1507 0
Fax +49 (0)451 1507 222
GREAT BRITAIN
Hull
sales.uk@finnlines.com
Phone +44 (0)1482 377 655
Fax +44 (0)1482 787 229
POLAND
Gdynia
sales.pl@finnlines.com
Phone +48 (0)58 627 4239
Fax +48 (0)58 627 4249
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DISCHARGING LOADING
DISCHARGING
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
PORT
PORT DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
BELGIUM FINLAND Antwerp Helsinki Thu 18:00 Mon 07:00
Antwerp Rauma Fri 22:00 Tue 08:00
Antwerp Helsinki Fri 22:00 Tue 12:00
BELGIUM POLAND Antwerp Gdynia Thu 18:00 Wed 15:00
BELGIUM RUSSIA Antwerp St. Petersburg Fri 17:00 Wed 07:00
BELGIUM THE NETHERLANDS Antwerp Amsterdam Thu 18:00 Fri 07:30
DENMARK FINLAND Aarhus Helsinki Sat 15:00 Mon 06:45
Aarhus Helsinki Thu 18:00 Sat 06:45
Aarhus Helsinki Tue 18:00 Thu 06:45
Aarhus St. Petersburg Sat 15:00 Wed 07:00
FINLAND BELGIUM Helsinki Antwerp Wed 18:00 Fri ( *** 06:00
Helsinki Antwerp Sat 15:00 Thu 09:00
Kotka Antwerp Fri 22:00 Thu 09:00
FINLAND DENMARK Helsinki Aarhus Tue 18:00 Thu 07:00
Helsinki Aarhus Thu 18:00 Sat 07:00
Helsinki Aarhus Sat 15:00 Mon 07:00
FINLAND GERMANY Kotka Lübeck Thu 14:00 Sat 07:00
Rauma Rostock Sat 15:00 Mon 06:00
Rauma Lübeck Tue 10:00 Thu 07:00
Rauma Lübeck Sat 15:00 Tue 07:00
Turku Lübeck Tue 21:00 Thu 07:00
Turku Travemünde Fri 21:00 Sun 10:00
FINLAND GREAT BRITAIN Helsinki Immingham Sat 15:00 Tue 08:00
Helsinki Hull Mon 15:00 Sat 12:00
Helsinki Hull Sat 15:00 Tue 16:00
Kotka Immingham Fri 22:00 Tue 08:00
Kotka Hull Fri 22:00 Tue 16:00
Rauma Hull Wed 17:00 Sat 12:00
FINLAND RUSSIA Helsinki St. Petersburg Tue 18:00 Wed 07:00
Helsinki St. Petersburg Wed 17:00 Thu 07:00
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LOADING
COUNTRY
DISCHARGING
COUNTRY
LOADING
PORT
DISCHARGING
PORT DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
FINLAND SPAIN Helsinki Bilbao Wed 18:00 Mon 20:00
Kotka Bilbao Tue 22:00 Mon 20:00
FINLAND SWEDEN Helsinki Gothenburg Wed 18:00 Fri 09:00
Helsinki Malmö Thu 18:00 Sat 20:00
Helsinki Wallhamn Sat ( * 15:00 Mon 22:00
Kotka Gothenburg Tue 22:00 Fri 09:00
FINLAND THE NETHERLANDS Helsinki Amsterdam Sat 15:00 Fri 07:30
Kotka Amsterdam Fri 22:00 Fri 07:30
GERMANY FINLAND Lübeck Turku Fri 16:00 Mon 06:30
Lübeck Rauma Tue 16:00 Fri 07:00
Lübeck Rauma Fri 16:00 Mon 15:00
Rostock Rauma Mon 15:00 Fri 07:00
Travemünde Kotka Sun 00:00 Tue 00:00
Travemünde Turku Sat 17:00 Mon 06:30
Travemünde Rauma Wed 02:00 Fri 07:00
Travemünde Helsinki Fri 17:00 Sun 08:00
Travemünde Turku Wed 02:00 Thu 15:00
Travemünde Rauma Sat 17:00 Mon 15:00
GREAT BRITAIN BELGIUM Hull Antwerp Wed 10:00 Thu 09:00
Immingham Antwerp Tue 13:00 Thu 09:00
GREAT BRITAIN FINLAND Hull Helsinki Wed 10:00 Mon 07:00
Hull Rauma Wed 10:00 Tue 12:00
Hull Helsinki Sat 24:00 Tue 18:00
Immingham Helsinki Tue 13:00 Mon 07:00
Immingham Rauma Tue 13:00 Tue 12:00
GREAT BRITAIN RUSSIA Hull St. Petersburg Sat 24:00 Thu 07:00
Immingham St. Petersburg Tue 13:00 Thu 07:00
GREAT BRITAIN THE NETHERLANDS Hull Amsterdam Wed 10:00 Fri 07:30
Immingham Amsterdam Tue 13:00 Fri 07:30
POLAND RUSSIA Gdynia St. Petersburg Sun 11:00 Wed 07:00
RUSSIA BELGIUM St.Petersburg Antwerp Thu 19:00 Thu 09:00
RUSSIA DENMARK St.Petersburg Aarhus Thu 19:00 Mon 07:00
RUSSIA FINLAND St.Petersburg Kotka Wed 20:00 Thu 06:00
St.Petersburg Helsinki Thu 19:00 Sat 06:00
St.Petersburg Kotka Thu 19:00 Fri 06:00
St.Petersburg Turku Wed 19:00 Fri 07:00
RUSSIA GREAT BRITAIN St.Petersburg Immingham Thu 19:00 Tue 08:00
St.Petersburg Hull Thu 19:00 Tue 16:00
RUSSIA SPAIN St.Petersburg Bilbao Thu 19:00 Tue ( **** 11:00
RUSSIA THE NETHERLANDS St.Petersburg Amsterdam Thu 19:00 Fri ( ** 07:30
SPAIN BELGIUM Bilbao Antwerp Tue 24:00 Fri 06:00
SPAIN FINLAND Bilbao Helsinki Tue 24:00 Tue 06:00
SPAIN RUSSIA Bilbao St. Petersburg Tue 24:00 Wed 07:00
SWEDEN FINLAND Malmö Helsinki Sat 22:00 Mon 06:45
Wallhamn Helsinki Mon ( * 22:00 Thu 06:45
SWEDEN RUSSIA Malmö St. Petersburg Sat 22:00 Wed 07:00
SWEDEN SPAIN Gothenburg Bilbao Fri 16:00 Mon 20:00
THE NETHERLANDS FINLAND Amsterdam Helsinki Fri 15:00 Mon 07:00
Amsterdam Rauma Fri 15:00 Tue 12:00
THE NETHERLANDS RUSSIA Amsterdam St. Petersburg Fri 15:00 Wed 07:00
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RUSSIA
St. Petersburg
info.ru@finnlines.com
Phone + 7 812 680 10 70
Fax + 7 812 680 10 69
SPAIN
Madrid
sales.es@finnlines.com
Phone +34 91 750 0707
Fax +34 637 109 054
AGENTS
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
VERENIGD
CARGADOORSKANTOOR B.V.,
info@vcklogistics.nl
Phone +31 (0)20 587 7877
Fax +31 (0)20 587 7770
SPAIN
Bilbao
CONSIGNACIONES TORO
Y BETOLAZA S.A.
consignaciones@torobe.com
Phone +34 94 425 2600
Fax +34 94 425 2649
SWEDEN
Gothenburg
Grimaldi Maritime Agencies
Sweden AB,
info@grimaldisweden.se
Phone +46 (0)31 607280
Malmö
REDERI AB NORDÖ-LINK,
booking@nordoe-link.com
Phone +46 (0)40 176 800
Fax +46 (0)40 176 801
* ) every other week
** ) once a week
*** ) next week
**** ) week after next
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TAKE A TOUR AROUND
THE BALTIC SEA
Sail comfortably around the Baltic with Finnlines. Our ships sail to Finland
from Gdynia, Poland, and from the German ports of Rostock and Travemünde.
From Travemünde you can also make your way to Malmö, Sweden. From
Sweden you can easily get to Finland by taking our fast route from Kapellskär
to Naantali. We bring the midnight sun, the thousands of lakes and the
beautiful sceneries of the Baltic within your reach.
Plan your own tour and come have countless
new experiences with us. Travel with Finnlines,
it makes sense. www.finnlines.com
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