Viking Line: five vessels served a total of 4.6 million passengers in 2024 and transported a record volume of cargo.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/2024-record-volumes-of-cargo-for-viking-line/
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Guernsey Choses Brittany Ferries
Guernsey has selected Brittany Ferries / Condor Ferries as its preferred operator for vital sea routes over the next 15 years, ensuring continued connectivity. Meanwhile, Jersey’s government has not yet finalised its choice for a company to manage its own service routes. DFDS was involved in the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/guernsey-choses-brittany-ferries/
Viking Line had a total of nearly 1.8 million passengers during the summer
Nearly 1.8 million passengers travelled on Viking Line’s vessels during the period June–August 2024. The greatest increase in demand was on the Tallinn route, which also had more departures than in previous summer seasons. This summer, passengers were drawn by the variety of attractions in Estonia...
Viking Lines set to slash emissions in Green Corridor demo
Thursday, August 29, will be Baltic Sea Day and Finland’s Viking Line will mark it by starting a week in which its vessels serving the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden, route will reduce their emissions by 90% by operating for the first time for a whole week solely on liquefied biogas (bio LNG), long identified as a prime pathway to carbon neutrality.
Viking Line says that its Viking Glory and Viking Grace will “demonstrate what the future looks like for the first green shipping corridor on...
Viking Line posts historically strong earnings
January–December 2023 (2022) Outlook for the financial year 2024 There continues to be significant uncertainty due to the geopolitical situation and the impact this has on energy prices, inflation, interest rates and currencies as well as the effects these uncertainty factors may have on people’s...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/viking-line-posts-historically-strong-earnings/
Finnish partners to develop green shipping corridor
On 6 February, Ports of Stockholm, Port of Turku and Viking Line announced a formal partnership to develop a green shipping corridor between the Finnish ports of Turku and Stockholm.
The initiative seeks to eliminate fossil fuel usage from shipping along this route by 2035. The parties signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining their commitment to establish a scalable framework for transitioning to fossil-free fuels and reducing the climate impact of shipping.
“Climate change is...
https://container-news.com/finnish-partners-to-develop-green-shipping-corridor/
Viking Cinderella to cut 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year after refit
Viking Cinderella, a ferry operated by Finnish shipping company Viking Line, will be able to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 2,500 tonnes a year after an investment in technical upgrades.
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Good passenger numbers for Viking Line in 2023
A total of 5 million passengers sailed on the Viking Line vessels in 2023. During the period June-August, there were nearly 1.8 million passengers, and many departures during the summer holiday season were sold out well in advance. Less passengers than previous year 4,897,494 (4,945,564) because of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/good-passenger-numbers-for-viking-line-in-2023/
Viking Line + Gotlandsbolaget = BIRKA GOTLAND
In August, Viking Line and Gotlandsbolaget presented a new joint investment in cruise traffic between Stockholm, Mariehamn and Visby. Now it is clear that the Baltic Sea’s new cruise vessel will be called BIRKA GOTLAND. Under the leadership of CEO Susanne Kaarnimo-Knight, BIRKA GOTLAND will offer...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/viking-line-gotlandsbolaget-birka-gotland/
Viking Line: A strong quarter
January-September 2023 Outlook Unchanged compared to the Half-Year Report as of June 30, 2023, which means that income before taxes is expected to be significantly better than last year provided that energy prices remain at current levels. Q3, 2023 Summary of the comments by CEO Jan Hanses Summary...