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|name = Viking Line Abp |logo = |type = Public |traded_as = {{OMX|HEX24389|VIK1V}} |slogan = |foundation = 1959 |location = Mariehamn, Åland, Finland |key_people = Jan Hanses (CEO) Andreas Remmer (Executive Vice President) |num_employees = 2,735 (2015) [1] |industry = Shipping |area_served = Northern Europe |products = Ferries, port services, passenger transportation, freight transportation, holidays, business travel |revenue = {{increase}} 530.5 million Euro (2015) [1] |operating_income = {{increase}} 26.4 million Euro (2015) [1] |net_income = {{decrease}} 3.2 million Euro (2015) [1] |homepage = www.vikingline.com | }} Viking Line Abp is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Viking Line is operated from the Åland Islands. Company historyEarly years: 1959–66Viking Line's history can be traced back to 1959, when a group of sea- and businessmen from the Åland Islands province in Finland formed Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen, purchased a steam-powered car-ferry SS Dinard from the UK, renamed her {{SS|Viking|1924|6}} and began service on the route Korpo (Finland)–Mariehamn (Åland)–Gräddö (Sweden).[2][3] In the same year the Gotland-based Rederi AB Slite began a service between Simpnäs (Sweden) and Mariehamn.[4] In 1962, a disagreement caused a group of people to leave Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen and form a new company, Rederi Ab Ålandsfärjan, who began a service linking Gräddö and Mariehamn the following year.[3] Soon the three companies, all competing for passengers between Åland Islands and Sweden, realised that they in the long run all stood to lose from mutual competition. In 1965 Vikinglinjen and Slite began collaborating,[4] and in the end of July 1966 Viking Line was established as a marketing company for all three companies.[2][3] At this time Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen changed their name to Rederi Ab Solstad, in order to avoid confusion with the marketing company.[3] The red hull livery was adopted from Slite's Ålandspilen service[4][5] (to which it had been taken from the colour of the chairman's wife's lipstick![6]). In 1967 Rederi Ab Ålandsfärjan changed its name to SF Line[7] and in 1977 Rederi Ab Solstad was merged into its mother company Rederi Ab Sally.[8] 1967–85Because Viking Line was only a marketing company, each owner company retained their individual fleets and could choose on which routes to set their ships (naturally there was also co-ordination on schedules and such). Each company's ships were easy to distinguish by name: all Sally ships had a "Viking" prefix on their names, Slite took their names from Roman and Greek mythologies, while SF Line's names ended with -ella in honor of managing director Gunnar Eklund's wife Ellen Eklund. During the 1970s Viking expanded greatly and overtook Silja Line as the largest shipping consortium on the Northern Baltic Sea.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} Between 1970 and 1973 Slite and Sally took delivery of five nearly identical ships built at Meyer Werft Germany, namely MS Apollo and MS Diana for Slite, and MS Viking 1, MS Viking 3 and MS Viking 4 for Sally. MS Viking 5, delivered in 1974, was an enlargened version of the same design.[9] These so-called Papenburg sisters can be considered to be one of the most successful ships designs of all times{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} (the shipyard built three additional sisters of the original design for Transbordadores for ship services in Mexico: Coromuel,[10] Puerto Vallarta[11] and Azteca[12]). In 1973 Viking Line started service on the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, directly competing with Silja Line for the first time. The next year Sally began Viking Line traffic between Helsinki and Stockholm.[13] For the next decade this route stayed in their hands, whereas on other routes the three companies operated together. By the latter half of the 1970s Sally was clearly the dominant partner in the consortium. In 1980 they took delivery of three new ferries (MS Viking Saga, MS Viking Sally and MS Viking Song), largest to have sailed under Viking's colours. This further established their dominance over the other partners, although SF Line did take delivery of the new MS Turella and MS Rosella in 1979–80 and Slite MS Diana II in 1979.[14] In the early 1980s Sally started expanding their operations to other waters, which became the company's failing as those operations were largely unprofitable and ultimately made Sally unable to invest on new tonnage for Viking Line service.[15] 1985–93In 1985 a new leaf was turned in Viking Line's history when SF Line's brand-new MS Mariella, at the time the largest ferry in the world, replaced MS Viking Song on Helsinki–Stockholm service, breaking Sally's monopoly on the route. The next year Slite took delivery of Mariella's sister MS Olympia and thus forced Sally out of Helsinki–Stockholm traffic completely. While SF Line and Slite were planning additional newbuilds, Sally were in an extremely poor position financially and in 1987 Effoa and Johnson Line, the owners of Silja Line, purchased Sally. As a result, SF Line and Slite forced Sally to leave the Viking Line consortium.[16] Between 1988 and 1990 SF Line took delivery of three new ships (MS Amorella, MS Isabella and MS Cinderella) while Slite took delivery of two (MS Athena and MS Kalypso).[17] Unfortunately Wärtsilä Marine, the shipyard building one of SF Line's newbuilds and both of Slite's, went bankrupt in 1989. SF Line avoided financial repercussions, their Cinderella had been continuously paid for as her construction progressed. Hence it was SF Line who owned the almost completed ship when the shipyard went bankrupt.[18] Slite however had signed a more traditional type of contract, the Kalypso was to be paid for on delivery. Since the shipyard owned the unfinished ship, this led to an increased cost for the Kalypso[19]—about 200 million SEK more than had been originally envisaged.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} In the end, despite the financial problems, by 1990 Viking Line had the largest and newest cruiseferry fleet in the world. In 1989{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Slite started planning MS Europa, which was to be the jewel in the company's crown, the largest and most luxurious cruiseferry in the world. Unfortunately for them Sweden entered a financial crisis during the construction of the ship, which led to devaluation of the Swedish krona. This in turn meant that the cost for the Europa increased by 400 million SEK. When time came to take delivery of the new ship, Slite did not have the funds to pay for it and their main funders (Swedish Nordbanken, who were also the main funders of Silja Line) refused to loan them the money needed. Eventually the ship ended up in Silja Line's fleet and Slite was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1993.[20] 1993–2010Following the bankruptcy of Rederi AB Slite, SF Line was left as the sole operator under the Viking Line brand. The remaining two Slite ships, Athena and Kalypso were auctioned in August 1993.[21][22] SF Line made a bid for the Kalypso, but both ships ended up sold to the newly established Malaysian cruise ship operator Star Cruises. In 1995 SF Line changed their name into Viking Line. Between 1994 and 1996 the company operated a fast ferry service from Helsinki to Tallinn during the summers on chartered catamaran ships.[23] In 1997 they purchased MS Silja Scandinavia from Sea-Link Shipping AB and renamed her {{MS|Gabriella}} for Helsinki–Stockholm service.[24] It has been reported that around the same time plans were made to construct a pair of new ships for the Helsinki–Stockholm service so that Viking could better compete with Silja on that route, but the plans were shelved.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} In 2006 Sea Containers Ltd—that had become the main owner of Silja Line in 1999—placed Silja Line and their cargo-carrying subsidiary SeaWind Line for sale, except for {{GTS|Finnjet}} and {{MS|Silja Opera}} that were transferred under Sea Container's direct ownership and eventually sold.[25] Viking Line placed a bid for their main competitor,[26] but were outbid by the Estonian Tallink.[27] The first new ship built for Viking Line since Slite's MS Kalypso in 1990, {{MS|Viking XPRS}}, had been ordered from Aker Finnyards in 2005,[28] in response to growing competition from Tallink on the Helsinki–Tallinn route.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} The Viking XPRS eventually entered service for Viking in April 2008.[28] A second new ship was ordered in January 2007, when Viking Line announced that they had placed an order for a {{GT|15,000}} ferry at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Sevilla. The project name for the ship, that would have replaced the {{MS|Rosella}} on the Mariehamn–Kapellskär route,[29] was Viking ADCC. Her delivery was originally expected for March 2009,[30] but after delivery of the ship had been delayed multiple times, on 8 February 2010 Viking Line decided to cancel the contract altogether.[31] 2010–Nils-Erik Eklund retired as Viking Line's CEO in July 2010. He was replaced by Mikael Backman, who has previously worked with Royal Caribbean. In interviews Backman has stated he hopes to introduce features from Caribbean cruise ships to Viking Line vessels, as well as begin selling Viking's routes to North American customers as a new cruise experience.[32] In a seminar held in January 2010 Backman stated that Viking Line were negotiating with nine different shipyards about the possibility of constructing a pair of {{GT|60,000}} ships to replace Amorella and Isabella on the Turku–Stockholm service.[33][34] The possibility of using liquefied natural gas engines and other emission-reducing technologies were reportedly researched,[35][36] while according to Mikael Backman the ships would include various features akin to those found onboard cruise ships such as Royal Caribbean International's {{MS|Oasis of the Seas}}.[34] Projected delivery dates for the vessels were May 2012 and February 2013.[37] In October 2010 Viking Line signed a letter of intent with STX Turku for a 57,000 GT cruiseferry for the Turku–Stockholm route.[38] Two months later, the formal order for the new ship was placed.[39] The new ship, christened Viking Grace, was laid down on 6 March 2012 and launched on 10 August. The ship entered service in January 2013. Viking Line had an option for a sister ship but announced in May 2012 that they have decided not to build it. Viking Line revealed in November 2016, that a letter of intent had been signed with Chinese shipyard Xiamen Shipbuilding for the construction of a 63,000 GT cruiseferry that would on completion replace the Amorella in the Viking Line fleet. The new ship would be LNG powered and would sport Flettner rotors to reduce fuel consumption.[40] FleetCurrent fleet
Under construction
Former ships
Additionally a large number of ferries were chartered during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s for seasonal traffic. Ordered but never delivered
See also
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|url=http://www.vikingline.fi./yritysinfo/lehdistotiedotteet/uutiset_060125_Silja.asp |title=Pörssitiedote |accessdate=2008-10-05 |last= |first= |date=25 January 2006 |work=Viking Line press release |publisher=Viking Line |language=Finnish}} 27. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.fi./yritysinfo/lehdistotiedotteet/uutiset_060612_Silja.asp |title=Silja Linen myynti |accessdate=2008-10-05 |last= |first= |date=12 June 2006 |work=Viking Line press release |publisher=Viking Line |language=Finnish}} 28. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/viking_xprs_2008.htm |title=M/S Viking XPRS (2008) |accessdate=2008-10-05 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |publisher= |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120730035935/http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/viking_xprs_2008.htm |archivedate=30 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 29. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.se/pdf/Pressmeddelande/PrM2008-04-08.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812115354/http://www.vikingline.se/pdf/Pressmeddelande/PrM2008-04-08.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=12 August 2016 |title=M/S Rosella snart tillbaka i Roslagens skärgård: Viking Line ersätter M/S Ålandsfärjan med större fartyg |accessdate=2008-04-08 |date=8 April 2008 |work=Viking Line press release |publisher=Viking Line |format=PDF |language=Swedish }} 30. ^Viking Line press release: Viking Line orders new vessel {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129064046/http://www.vikingline.fi./about/press_releases/press_070130_adcc.asp |date=January 29, 2010 }}, retrieved 12 October 2007 31. ^{{sv icon}}Skeppsbyggnadskontrakt uppsagt, vikingline.fi, retrieved 2 February 2010 32. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ts.fi/online/talous/55496.html |title=Mikael Backman tuo ruotsinlaivoille villejä ideoita Karibian risteilijöiltä |accessdate=2009-06-18 |last=Enkvist |first=Liisa |date=18 April 2009 |publisher=Turun Sanomat |language=Finnish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043934/http://www.ts.fi/online/talous/55496.html |archive-date=17 July 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 33. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ts.fi/online/talous/104032.html |title=Viking Linen laivatilaus jo pitkällä |date=2010-01-19 |publisher=Turun Sanomat |accessdate=2010-01-19 |language=Finnish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717044315/http://www.ts.fi/online/talous/104032.html |archive-date=2011-07-17 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 34. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.abounderrattelser.fi/au/2161992.php |title=Viking väljer varv i sommar |publisher=Åbo Underrättelser |accessdate=2010-01-19 |language=Swedish }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 35. ^{{cite web |url=http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=177184 |title=Viking Line överväger gas som bränsle |date=2010-01-18 |publisher=svenska.yle.fi |accessdate=2010-01-19 |language=Swedish}} 36. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495:wind-and-lng-power-wartsilas-cruise-ferry-design&catid=48:top-headlines-category&Itemid=116 |title=Wind and lng power Wartsila's cruise ferry design |last=Reinikainen |first=Kari |date=2009-06-22 |publisher=Cruise Business Online |accessdate=2010-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708211930/http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495:wind-and-lng-power-wartsilas-cruise-ferry-design&catid=48:top-headlines-category&Itemid=116 |archive-date=2011-07-08 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 37. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nyan.ax/nyheter/?news_id=52625&news_instance=2 |last=Dahlblom |first=Patrick |title=Viking line vill ha besked före färjbeställning |date=2010-04-23 |publisher=Nya Åland |accessdate=2010-04-23 |language=Swedish}} 38. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.se/pdf/pressrum/pressmeddelanden/2010/Personalmeddelande_25_10_2010.pdf |title=Viking Line och varvet STX Finland Oy tecknat ett intentionsavtal, |date=2010-10-25 |publisher=Viking Line |accessdate=2010-10-25 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 39. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.vikingline.fi/download/20101222_new_ship.pdf |title=Viking Line orders new vessel, |date=2010-12-22 |publisher=Viking Line |accessdate=2010-12-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908140810/http://www.vikingline.fi/download/20101222_new_ship.pdf |archivedate=2016-09-08 |df= }} 40. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/storre-snalare-och-snallare-an-grace/|language=swedish|title=Större, snålare och snällare än Grace}} 41. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.freewebs.com/paulmasonthamesshipping/marketreport06thjuly.htm |title=Market Highlights Week Ending 05th July |accessdate=2008-07-06 |work=Paul Mason's Thames Shipping |publisher= |date=5 July 2008 }} External links{{commons category|Viking Line}}
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