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Aug 11
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Record-Breaking Summer for Wasaline

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Wasaline continues to show record figures in traffic between Vaasa (Finland) and Umeå (Sweden).

Up: passenger and vehicle volumes.

Down: freight volumes, due to the economic downturn.

+7% passengers (67,029) in July 2023

+12.5% passengers in H1, 2023

+16.4% cars (17,625) in July 2023

+28.2% buses (50) in July 2023

-14.4% cargo lane metres (26,188) in July 2023

“We are very satisfied with the summer so far, and the booking status for August looks promising as well,” says Peter Ståhlberg, Managing Director of Wasaline.

May 26
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Wasaline allocates more resources to sustainability

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  • Wasaline is making organizational changes to emphasize its role as a forerunner in maritime sustainability.
  • Catarina Fant has been appointed as Director, Brand, Communications and Sustainability. In her new role she will also oversee strategic investments and establish contacts with partners and financiers in sustainability-related projects.
  • Responsibility for marketing duties will be shifted from Fant to Marketing Manager Markku Ikonen. He reports to Head of Sales and Business Development Niina Aitamurto. Niina will lead the updated sales and marketing organization as well as the Growth Team, a cross-functional unit that is responsible for driving company growth.
  • By making these changes, Wasaline responds to the growing demand in the market and stays one step ahead.
Mar 03
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Record year for Wasaline

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Wasaline has reported a record 2022:

  • Operating profit was EUR 3.3 million
  • Revenue up 78.6%
  • Fuel costs increased 55.4% to EUR 5.97 million
  • Labour and benefit costs increased by 37.5%
  • Passenger revenue was up 150.7 % and volumes up 149%
  • Freight revenue up 7.7% and volumes by 4.4%
  • Passenger vehicle numbers increased 126%
  • Departures of AURORA BOTNIA increased 14% to 1,133 sailings
  • Energy consumption reduced by 21% per trip and CO2 emissions by 19.6%
Jan 13
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Eckerö Linjen increased passenger volumes – steadily back to pre-covid figures

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The number of guests who travelled in 2022 between Eckerö and Grisslehamn is much higher than the year before, and is about 82% of the passenger volume in pre-covid year 2019.

From 1 July 2022, all entry restrictions from Sweden to Åland were also removed, which meant that many Swedes again booked Åland as their holiday destination via the Eckerö Line in 2022.

Photographer: Niclas Nordl

Jan 13
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DFDS: UK freight volumes normalised in December

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Freight:

  • Total volumes in December 2021 were 7.6% below 2020.
  • Net adjustments for structural route changes reduced growth 2.2 ppt to -9.8%.
  • Total adjusted volumes were up 17.0% compared to December 2019.
  • The decrease in total volumes compared to 2020 was entirely due to lower volumes on all UK routes as stock-building ahead of Brexit boosted volumes considerably on UK routes last year. Most of the UK routes are part of the North Sea and Channel business units which in December 2021 both were above 2019.
  • The Mediterranean business unit continued to carry volumes above 2020 while Baltic Sea volumes were just below 2020 as capacity on one route was reduced from two ferries in 2020 to one ferry in December 2021.
  • Volumes for both the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea business units were above 2019.
  • For the full-year 2021, the total transported freight lane metres increased 5.2% to 43.0m from DKK 40.9m in 2020.

Passenger:

  • The total number of passengers in December 2021 was 8.8% above 2020.
  • The number of passengers increased between Norway and Denmark, while the number of passengers on UK routes decreased due to more severe travel restrictions on these routes.
  • For the full-year 2021, the total number of passengers was 0.9m compared to 1.5m in 2020 and 5.1m in 2019, the latter being the latest pre-Covid-19 year.
Jan 13
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Record year for cargo on Wasaline – Strong recovery on the passenger segment

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Despite the Covid-19 pandemic that continued for most of 2021, passenger volumes increased by 87.5% and Wasaline carried 107,659 passengers (57,415). The number of passenger vehicles increased by 69.2%. During the Autumn, when the corona passport was used for entry, the passenger growth was significant.

After the traffic start of AURORA BOTNIA, passenger volumes were all-time high every month. Unfortunately, the positive development was interrupted in mid-December when the new Covid-19 variant and tightening of travel restrictions were introduced again.

The departures increased by 21.3% to 990 departures (816).

Cargo volumes were all time high since Wasaline started the traffic 2013, and cargo units increased by 25.3%. The increase in tonnes was 27.5%. Every month throughout 2021, the company has had growth in cargo volumes.