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Viking Line’s newest ferry to get extended operational support from Wärtsilä Lifecycle Agreement
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Lifecycle Agreement with Finland-based Viking Line covering the ferry M/S Viking Glory. The vessel has been supported by an earlier Wärtsilä agreement since its launch in 2021, and this renewal further …
Apr 1, 2025 / Curious
Viking Line, Port of Turku and Ports of Stockholm celebrate one year of cooperation to establish a green shipping corridor
Viking Line, Port of Turku and Ports of Stockholm have been working together for a year on a project which aims to establish a green, fossil-free shipping corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The parties have now laid a solid foundation for the …
Feb 6, 2025 / Curious
Visby has become a new favourite destination – you can also explore the island in your car
Viking Cinderella and Gabriella will make a total of five cruises from Helsinki to Visby next summer. Cruise guests can easily experience the medieval town of Visby as well as other parts of the island of Gotland since they can take their car on …
Dec 11, 2024 / Vessels
A Finnish innovation in recycling: coffee grounds from the vessel restaurants now end up in bags of soil
Almost all waste generated on board Viking Line’s vessels is transported ashore for recycling, reuse or composting. During the spring, we began collecting coffee grounds as material for garden soil in partnership with VG EcoFuel. The recycling of …
Oct 30, 2024 / Curious
The Baltic Sea’s first green freight corridor has opened – Felix ketchup is now transported to Finland with 90 per cent fewer emissions
The food business operator Orkla Suomi, the transport company Scandic Trans and Viking Line have launched scheduled freight service with transport that runs on biofuel. Transport emissions along the green freight corridor that stretches from …
Sep 18, 2024 / Curious
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