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Viking Line to double capacity on its Tallin route this summer – Cinderella and Gabriella will serve the route alongside Viking XPRS
Well over half a million Finns are expected to travel by boat to Estonia as a holiday destination this summer. Viking Line is meeting this demand by doubling capacity on the Estonia route for an extended period with the help of additional departures …
May 13, 2024 / Curious
Viking Line to create green corridor together with Ports of Stockholm and the Port of Turku
Viking Line, Ports of Stockholm and the Port of Turku signed a Memorandum of Understanding, February 6, 2024, to create a green maritime corridor between Turku and Stockholm. The goal is for the corridor to be 100% carbon-neutral by 2035. The …
Feb 7, 2024 / Curious
Viking Line’s vessels now use green land-based power supply
Starting in 2030, it will be a legal requirement for vessels to use a land-based power supply when they are in port. For Viking Line, this is already an everyday reality, and now the company has also switched to using only green electricity from …
Dec 5, 2023 / Curious
Viking Line to launch partnership with Gotlandsbolaget – cruise service to be run under joint management
Viking Line and Gotlandsbolaget (Gotland Company) are to form a joint venture entrusted with the task of developing and providing cruises with M/S Birka Stockholm between Stockholm–Mariehamn and Stockholm–Mariehamn–Visby. Gotlandsbolaget acquired M/S …
Aug 10, 2023 / Curious
Viking Line’s vessels have now been part of Turku for 50 years – to celebrate, the company is offering a city and sea holiday in one package
Viking Line has linked Turku with Stockholm since 1973. Over the decades, the popularity of the route has been boosted by shopping bargains, good economic times and bad, and ever more beautiful vessels. For this anniversary year, Viking Line is …
Jul 3, 2023 / Curious
Travel to Tallinn has returned to normal – Viking Line to double its capacity this summer
Tallinn and Estonia are attracting more Finns than in years, and Viking Line is responding to summer demand by also placing its well-known M/S Gabriella and legendary Viking Cinderella in service on the same route as Viking XPRS. One new development …
Jun 27, 2023 / Curious
Viking Line signals domestic content with the help of the Finnish Key Flag Symbol
Viking Line is the largest tourism company to be granted use of the Finnish Key Flag Symbol, awarded by the Association for Finnish Work. The company is Finland's largest employer in maritime transport and in many ways impacts the whole Finnish …
Mar 13, 2023 / Curious
Finnish flag to be hoisted above the stern of Viking XPRS – "a major event"
Viking Line’s position as Finland's biggest employer in maritime transport will be enhanced when Viking XPRS (CruiseMapper), which sails between Helsinki and Tallinn, is today added to Finland's Register of Ships. "The reflagging is enormously …
Mar 7, 2023 / Vessels
Viking Glory celebrates one-year anniversary – popular vessel has changed travel on the Baltic Sea
Viking Glory (CruiseMapper), which sails between Turku and Stockholm, will celebrate its one-year anniversary on March 1. In less than a year, the vessel has already served more than one million passengers, boosting Viking Line’s market share on the …
Feb 28, 2023 / Vessels
Viking Line ends an exceptional year with confidence in the future
Year 2022, like the previous year, continued to be exceptional for the whole world, as well as for Viking Line. Due to the pandemic, the operating environment was initially very unfavorable, with corresponding economic consequences. From the end of …
Jan 4, 2023 / Curious