What is "finnlines"

Finnlines Plc is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight throughout Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. In the past, Finnlines has operated ships under the brands Finncarriers, Finnflow Systems, Finnjet Lines, and FG Shipping Oy Ab. As of 2006, Grimaldi Group is the largest owner of Finnlines with 75.28% (30 April 2014) of all shares.

Finnlines offers ro-pax service between Finland and Germany, ro-ro services between Finland, Poland, Denmark, west coast of Sweden, UK and BeNeLux countries as well as the Bay of Biscay. FinnLink offers several daily departures between Kapellskär, Sweden and Naantali, Finland. NordöLink offers several daily departures between Malmö, Sweden and Travemünde, Germany. TransRussiaExpress runs a regular direct service between Germany (Lübeck and Sassnitz), Latvia (Ventspils) and Russia (St.Petersburg).

Finnlines offers a connection for travelers from Helsinki to Germany, Naantali via Åland Islands to Kapellskär and Malmö to Travemünde. Additionally Finnlines has a connection between Germany and Russia.

Finnlines provides port services in Helsinki and Turku under the name Finnsteve.

Finnlines was founded in 1947 as a subsidiary of Merivienti Oy, founded earlier the same year by Enso-Gutzeit and Kansaneläkelaitos, to operate Merivienti's liner service from Finland to the United States.