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So the ferries started trafficking from Helsinki to Stockholm in 1972 to lengthen a two-way trip to over 24 hours. The first ferries to depart from Helsinki were Silja Line's MS Aallotar and MS Svea Regina, and in 1974 Viking Line brought their own ships to the route, the German-built Viking 5 and the Canadian-bought 1967 ship Viking 6. [28]
On November 21, she made her first voyage between Stockholm and Mariehamn. In 1972, Prinsessan ' s sister ship MS Olav was bought and renamed MS Baronessan . In 1973 Birka started traffic on the routes Stockholm– Helsinki with MS Freeport and Stockholm–Helsinki– Leningrad with MS Drottningen .
On 17 April 1997, Gabriella entered service for her new owners on the Helsinki–Stockholm route. On 30 June 1999 the a call at Mariehamn was added to the service to maintain tax free sales on board. In 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 the ship spent brief periods sailing on Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, in place of the ship normally used ...
MS Silja Serenade is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink Grupp, [3] operating under their Silja Line brand on a route connecting Helsinki to Stockholm via Mariehamn. She was built in 1990 by Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard , Finland.
Helsinki – Mariehamn – Stockholm: Mariehamn, Finland MS Gabriella: Cruiseferry 1992 1997– 35,492 GT: 2.420 400 21,5 Helsinki – Mariehamn – Stockholm Mariehamn, Finland MS Viking XPRS: Cruiseferry 2008 2008– 35,918 GT: 2.500 240 25 Helsinki – Tallinn: Mariehamn, Finland MS Viking Grace: Cruiseferry 2013 2013– 57,565 GT: 2.800 500 22
Originally the collaboration agreement applied only on service between Turku and Stockholm, but it was also applied to the Helsinki–Stockholm route in 1928. As a precursor to the policies later adopted by Silja Line, each of the three companies ordered a near-identical ship for Helsinki–Stockholm service to coincide with the 1952 Summer ...
Viking Cinderella in the Stockholm Archipelago. Viking Line decided to withdraw Cinderella from the Helsinki–Tallinn route after the end of the 2003 summer seasons, due to increased competition from Tallink's newer MS Romantika and the fact that tax-free sales on the route would end in 2004 when Estonia joined the EU.
Katajanokka Terminal (Finnish: Katajanokan terminaali, Swedish: Skatuddens terminal) is a ferry terminal located in Katajanokka, in the Southern Harbor of Helsinki, Finland. The shipping company Viking Line operates scheduled services from the terminal to Stockholm and Tallinn .