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Contents
Editoral 2
Finnlines storms back 4
Long-term cooperation
the key to the future 5
New Zeebrugge service 6
Passenger business roaring ahead 8
Delivery of Finnbreeze and Finnsea 10
Boom times for TRE 12
NordöLink still improving 14
New ro-ro ramp at Gdynia 15
Trade fairs 16
Schedules 16
Printed March 2011
Issue 2/2011/6
Editor in Chief: Leena Manner
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Circulation: 27,000 copies
Editorial
Finnlines making
good headway in
harsh conditions
Finnlines has always been synonymous with reliability, whatever the conditions,
and there could have been no more telling demonstration of our
capacity to make good headway in all weathers than our experience this
winter.
At a time when as many as 60 ships were stuck in the Baltic ice, our A1
ice-class vessels continued to carve out a passage, at times almost slaloming
between the ships still locked in the frozen embrace of the ice.
Our economic performance has been similarly impressive, and if anything
under even more challenging conditions. When the economic crisis hit in
2008, Finnlines had problems of its own that it had to address. At the same
time, this has also been a grim time for maritime trade, with the European
economy still struggling for traction after the near-crippling blows of the
last two years.
And yet as 2010 closes, I am happy to report that in these two years we
have managed to turn the company round, conjuring profit out of loss and
boosting revenues substantially in the process.
It has taken hard work and a bold plan of action that included internal
reorganisation, a significant restructuring process by mainly merging group
companies with an aim to gain efficiencies and a more transparent group
structure, the disposal of non-core assets, an intense focus on yield management,
expansion into new routes and businesses, and synergies with
the far-flung network of our parent company, the Grimaldi Group.

The benefits are now evident, as you will discover in this issue
of Finnlines News. Comparing our revenues between 2008 and 2010
with our earnings before tax (EBT) in the same period, gives some
indication of how far we have come. Revenues last year were EUR
174.6 million lower than the EUR 735.7 million generated in 2008.
At the same time, EBT was up EUR 6.9 million over the same period.
And compared with 2009, last year’s EBT gain was a highly impressive
EUR 55 million, illustrating the success of our relentless focus on
improving efficiency.
This bodes well for 2011, a year that I am looking forward to as
a time to consolidate our hard-won gains and prepare ourselves for
further growth. Though I have no illusions about the challenges still
facing us, I believe we are all the more capable of overcoming them
for the extensive fitness programme we have gone through in these
last two years and still have to continue in the next years to come on
various fields that are not providing contributions as of yet.
We are now leaner, more efficient, and more transparent. We have
also opened up new routes to profitability that we believe will contribute
significantly to our bottom line in the years ahead.
They include a dense network of services into the fast-growing
Russia market that, by linking with the worldwide presence of
Grimaldi, will help open up Russia to the world. They also include our
services to passengers, untended for years and now growing fast on
the back of targeted investment, upgraded service levels, and dedicated
marketing.
I am looking forward to more novelty this year as we look to improve
service and raise our profile. In March, I will travel to China for
the christening of the first two of six new vessels to be delivered over
the next two years. These giant vessels are state-of-the art, not just
in terms of their operating capability but because, as you will discover
in the pages that follow,
they are environmentally
friendly vessels,
incorporating elements
designed expressly to
reduce our carbon footprint.
Finnlines will always
be reliable in this
area too, whatever the
weather brings.
Uwe Bakosch,
President / CEO

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Finnlines storms
back in 2010
FINNLINES ENGINEERED A MAjOR TURNAROUND IN ITS RESULTS LAST yEAR AS A SWEEPING INTERNAL
REORGANISATION, THE LAUNCH OF NEW ROUTES AND ExPANDED SERvICES, AND IMPROvED MARkETS
FOLLOWING THE REAL DIFFICULTIES OF 2009, FED THROUGH TO REvENUES AND EARNINGS.
Thus, earnings before taxes came in at EUR
3.7 million for 2010, compared with a loss of
EUR 51.4 million the previous year. In terms
of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortisation), Finnlines delivered
EUR 85.9 million, more than double
the EUR 37.4 million registered in 2009.
On another positive note, the company’s
reorganisation resulted in a sharp drop in
expenses, with vessel lease expenses falling
EUR 27.3 million over the period as the
company redelivered a string of high-priced
chartered ships to their owners. Other operating
expenses came to EUR 165.9 million in
2010, down from EUR 199.1 million in 2009.
Good rEsults for shippinG and sEa
transport sErvicEs
Revenues also got better as the company
expanded its range and the economy recovered
in Europe. Indeed, revenues rose 13.5
per cent from EUR 494.4 million to EUR 561.1
million year-on-year, with the core Shipping
and Sea Transport Services segment performing
particularly well.
The improvement was reflected in gains
across the Finnlines product mix, with cargo
units transported increasing from 596,000
in 2009 to 629,000 last year, car volumes,
excluding passenger cars, increasing from
38,000 to 56,000 and freight tonnes carried
up from 2,001,000 tonnes to 2,039,000
tonnes. Passenger numbers, excluding lorry
drivers, also grew by 44 per cent year-onyear.
Though maritime trade in our core Baltic
markets has yet to reach the heights of 2008,
the recovery continues. Finnish seaborne imports
carried in containers, lorries and trailers
last year rose 14 per cent and exports 13
per cent compared with 2009, according to
the Finnish Maritime Administration.
Other trades are lagging, however. Shippax
reported that, while private and commercial
passenger traffic between Finland and
Germany rose 6 per cent, trailer and lorry volumes
moving between southern Sweden and
Germany slipped 1 per cent last year, while
private and commercial passenger traffic between
Finland and Sweden decreased 2 per
cent.

Long-term cooperation
the key to the future
THE ROLE OF THE COMMON CARRIER HAS ALWAyS BEEN HIGHLy vALUED AT FINNLINES, ENABLING
THE COMPANy TO SURvIvE THROUGH ADvERSITy AND THRIvE WHEN THE MARkET IS GROWING.
HOWEvER, ITS STATUS AS A COMMON CARRIER HAS NEvER PREvENTED MAjOR SHIPPERS FROM
NEGOTIATING ABOUT OPENING NEW ROUTES AND DEvELOPING NEW SERvICES.
The value of cooperation between the movers and the owners of
cargo has never been more apparent than now, at a time when uncertainty
over the economic and political future has highlighted the need
for stability and certainty in business relations.
on schEdulE rEliably, safEly and Economically
By the same token, the value of the long-term contract is increasingly
apparent. It suits giant forest-product manufacturers, for instance,
perfectly, since for them the most important aspects of logistics are
that goods are moved reliably, safely, economically and on-schedule.
Long-term commitments make it that much easier to develop the
close relationships necessary to meet those goals. They also benefit
smaller shippers, since their high-volume brethren provide the volume
of cargo that ensures frequency on a given route and facilitates longterm
planning for all.
Background: Emanuele Grimaldi, Grimaldi; Uwe Bakosch, Finnlines;
Ilkka Nurmi, UPM Kymmene.
At the table: Jussi Sarvikas, UPM Kymmene; Jukka Hölsä, UPM Kymmene
Seaways; Staffan Herlin, Finnlines; Håkan Modig, Finnlines.
two lonG-tErm aGrEEmEnts siGnEd
As Finnlines prepares to take delivery of its first two newbuildings
from China, such cooperation is again at work, with two long-term
contracts already signed that provide competitive advantages as well
as security for both shipper and shipping company.
These newbuildings are designed to accommodate almost any kind
of dry cargo. The first ships will go into Finnlines’ North Sea services,
carrying unitised cargo and paper southbound, and making it possible
to carry other large-volume cargo, such as cars, northbound on a
regular basis.
Efficient, large-scale shipping companies such as Finnlines are
best placed to achieve such synergies between different types of cargo,
both because they have access to substantial volumes of different
goods, and because they are prepared to back their commitment to
their customers with investment in modern new tonnage.
From left to right: Lauri Rikala, UPM Kymmene Seaways; Jussi Sarvikas,
UPM Kymmene; Emanuele Grimaldi, Grimaldi; Uwe Bakosch, Finnlines;
Ilkka Nurmi, UPM Kymmene.
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Forest industry products are varied and
multiform and require careful and skilful
handling in the fast-paced ro-ro loading and
discharging.
As Finnlines has grown into one of Europe’s
largest liner shipping companies, its services
and brands have had to respond ever more
swiftly to the challenges of competition and
the needs of the market. Now, in another
move to serve its customers better and develop
its expanding European network, Finnlines
Finnlines widens c
with new Zeebr
is opening a new service from kotka/Helsinki
to Zeebrugge in Belgium and from there to
Bilbao in Spain.
In addition to being a perfect location for
unitized cargo, Zeebrugge is also a growing
forest products port. Connections to the road
network are ideal, and the port is located

ustomer choice
ugge service
right on the coast, so vessels need not navigate
the estuary, making transit times that
much shorter.
Zeebrugge is also one of the most important
car-handling hubs on the European
Continent. This will give it an important advantage
when Finnlines’ upcoming newbuild-
ings are put into service, with their hoistable
car decks for 900 cars and capacity for 3,245
lane metres of rolling cargo.
By combining the various lines to which
it has access, Finnlines can offer not just a
rich and versatile service mix in the North
Sea and the Baltic Sea, but connections to
the worldwide Grimaldi Network. The new
Zeebrugge service will be launched in the
end of March.
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Passenger business roaring
ahead after strong 2010
AMONG FINNLINES’ GREAT SUCCESSES IN 2010 WAS THE DRAMATIC DEvELOPMENT OF ITS PASSENGER
BUSINESS. A COMBINATION OF HARD WORk, ENHANCED ORGANISATION, IMPROvED qUALITy,
AND INNOvATIvE SALES AND MARkETING INITIATIvES, LED TO SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
The growth was particularly significant in the
Finland–Poland and Finland–Germany operations,
as well as in the traffic between Germany
and Sweden. While the German market
showed the strongest growth, volumes
across the passenger operation leaped by as
much as 50 per cent on the previous year.
morE Emphasis on customEr satisfaction
These gains were the product of almost revolutionary
change across the business. The
introduction of a multi-functional passenger
service unit, in which personnel performed a
number of different tasks along the service
chain, worked well in practice. As Finnlines
well trained passenger staff took more extensive
responsibility, they became more
sensitive to the needs of our customers and
got increasing satisfaction from their work.
Indeed, there were often “happy reunions”

when customers at check-in realised they were dealing with the
same person who had made their original reservation.
The reorganised passenger business model worked well from the
beginning, exceeding 2009 volumes even in the harsh winter months.
And when a volcano erupted in Iceland, grounding aircrafts across
the Baltic region, the company was able to respond to the surge in
demand – and in one week alone the Finnish call centre was flooded
with almost 10,000 calls – to help thousands of customers reach
home safely.
nEw campaiGn approachEs
The following months also went well, with passenger volumes
boosted by intensified cooperation with major German travel agencies,
and a surge of group bookings keeping business ticking along
through the summer. Finnlines began marketing its summer season
early: in Finland, the company launched a promotion with volkswagen
offering a free trip and rental car; in Germany, the “Win your
own Island” promotion tempted customers with a stay in a summer
cottage on a Finnish island.
Advertised online and through radio, these campaigns contributed
to high summer sales, just as a number of themed products gave an
added spur to year-end bookings. The New year’s cruise from Ger-
At your service! Come and experience
peaceful travel on a cargo vessel.
You’ll travel in a comfortable cabin,
enjoy beautiful views and taste incredible
food at the buffet restaurant.
many to Helsinki was sold out, for instance, while a Christmas cruise
was launched from Finland to Gdansk and Rostock, and one new customer
brought seven busloads of students bound for the Alps.
photo compEtition to rE-run this yEar
Separately, Finnlines also ran a cross-market photo competition,
hosted on a multilingual micro site where images could be uploaded
directly. Some 432 photos were sent in, many of which figure in the
company’s 2011 passenger brochure, and a re-run of the competition
is expected this year as an important way for the company to build a
relationship with its customers.
That connection already appears to getting warmer. Last autumn,
Finnlines sent a customer satisfaction survey to 10,000 passengers.
Some 3,000 replied, with 97 per cent saying they would sail with
Finnlines again, and 94 per cent declaring that they would happily
recommend it to their friends. In particular, they liked the cosy
voyage, the friendliness of the staff, the good food and the chance
to recharge their batteries at either beginning or end of their trip.
Finnlines’ new slogan, “your vacation starts at the Ship”, was also a
hit with customers. The company expects to see many more of them
in the year ahead.
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It will be a hugely exciting occasion, and not
just because it will see Mr Bakosch take delivery
of Finnbreeze – Finnsea will follow on
March 30 – the first of six state-of-the-art
new vessels that will emerge from the same
yard over the next two years.
These ships will also be indelibly associated
with Finland. They will fly the Finnish
flag and the entire company is looking for-
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Delivery of Finnbreeze and Finnsea
ON MARCH 10, FINNLINES CHIEF ExECUTIvE UWE BAkOSCH WILL ATTEND THE SIMULTANEOUS CHRIS-
TENING OF TWO NEW SHIPS AT THE jINLING SHIPyARD IN CHINA, WITH HIS WIFE kERSTIN ACTING AS
GODMOTHER FOR FINNBREEZE AND COMPANy CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SEIjA TURUNEN DOING THE
HONOURS FOR FINNSEA.
ward when Finnbreeze makes calls firstly in
vuosaari and the happy maiden call celebration
scheduled for May 2011 directly in the
beautiful city centre of Helsinki. And they
are vessels of which Finland can be proud
of, symbolising the company’s, as well as the
country’s, commitment to the environment
and to the generations that will follow ours
as stewards of the world’s seas and skies.
focus on rEducinG carbon footprint
In common with other good corporate citizens,
Finnlines is now focusing intently on
reducing the carbon footprint of its ships
across their life-cycle. Time-planning is an
important tool in reducing CO 2 emissions,
as is the optimisation of voyages and routes
to achieve the highest possible capacity
utilisation.

Finnlines has high hopes for these state-of-the-art new ships, which are being built
to ice-class 1A. Among the other key features are hoistable car decks that take
clearances on the main deck to as high as 7m.
Classification: LR
Passengers: 12
Ice class: 1A
Flag: Finland
RoRo-Capacity: 3.326m
LoLo-Capacity: 428 TEU
Reefer plugs: 75
Car capacity: 5.571m 2
on hoistable car deck area
or about 900 cars
Internal ramps:
ud-wd B 4,8m
angle 7,8
deg.md-ub B 6,3m
md-tt B 4,2m
Length overall: 188,4m
Beam: 26,5m
Draft: 6,9m
This in turn minimises the environmental stress per transported
cargo unit or tonne. Initiatives covering hull- and propeller-polishing,
waste-heat recovery, shaft generators, and
electronic engine controls are also included in our CO 2 reduction
programme.
Finnbreeze and Finnsea will slot perfectly into the company’s
environmental programme. Upgraded “repeats” of Finnmill and
Finnpulp, ro-ros built in the same Chinese shipyard that have
flown the Finnlines flag for a decade, their fuel consumption
compares well with ships of similar size.
The vessels come with rudder/propeller combination technology
designed to achieve significant improvements in fuel
effectiviness, while the bulbous bow has been modified for
better fuel economy. Flexible loading arrangements will also
make them more efficient.
Cargo is carried on four decks, with three internal ramps to
speed up loading. The car decks, two of which are hoistable,
have room for 900 cars, and there is also room for more than
200 trailers and 428 TEU.
sEa trials and traininG to EnsurE safEty onboard
Safety is also part of environmental responsibility, and Finnlines
always does extensive training of new crew members before
they take over. There is generally an overlap period in which
crew members with experience of the ship introduce new arrivals
to the vessel and its equipment. On newbuildings, some key
personnel attend sea trials, while the rest of the crew arrives
on site well before delivery.
The Finnbreeze crew, for instance, attended an extensive
training programme provided by the shipyard. In-house training
was also arranged to introduce those who have not sailed
with Finnlines before to the company’s safety, security and
environmental procedures. At the same time, the Finnish flagstate
administration not only inspected the ship, but ensured
that crew members knew and understood the shipboard emergency
procedures, including handling of life-saving appliances
and fire-fighting equipment. Safe, secure and environmentally
avant-garde, these two ships will be a credit to the Finnlines
fleet, and to Finland.
Main engines: 2x10.000 kW
Aux engines: 2x 1.110 kW
Service speed: 21 kn
Stern ramps:
ud LxB 16+3x6m
md LxB 16+3x13,2m
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Boom times for
TransRussiaExpress between
TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITy AS WELL AS RISk, AS FINNLINES HAS DEMON-
STRATED OvER THE LAST 18 MONTHS IN DEvELOPING A STRONG PRESENCE IN RUSSIA, A MARkET IT
ExPECTS TO GROW STRONGLy IN THE yEARS AHEAD.
Today, the company operates a direct liner
service connecting Lübeck via Sassnitz and
ventspils to St. Petersburg, using three modern
ro-pax ships with a weekly capacity of
8,150 lane metres and 312 passenger/driver
places in each direction.
This ice-strengthened tonnage operates
reliably year-round, providing exactly the frequent,
quality service its customers desire. In
the process, and as evidence that Finnlines
has hit the mark with this offering, TransRussiaExpress
(TRE) has won a large market
share in this trade by their very satisfied customers.
fruit and vEGEtablEs protEctEd
from thE cold
Since 2010, the ships have been running 100
per cent full eastbound, with strong, steady
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growth in all types of cargo, from new cars
to construction high and heavy, trailers to
breakbulk, but particularly in fruit and vegetable
mafi shipments.
The company’s modern Hansa-class tonnage
together with the Translubeca are
well suited to this type of sensitive cargo,
because of the protection they offer against
freezing temperatures.
TRE, which has long been recognised as
a specialist in just-in-time deliveries of fruit
and vegetables, even in extreme ice conditions,
employs first-shipment priority for Russian
customers. It has also been rewarded
for its diligence in this market with surging
volumes, shipping as many as 200 mafis per
week to its Russian customers.
Good tErminal accEssibility as kEy
succEss factor
Low westbound volumes have long been a
problem in this trade, though TRE has worked
hard to right the imbalance. Adding ventspils
to the schedule in july of last year has certainly
helped, adding 80 to 100 lorries per
call in the direction of Lübeck. In addition,
TRE has also managed to attract more mafi
timber shipments out of Russia. And linking
one Hansa-Class vessel to kotka, where it
loads paper, has also significantly improved
the line’s economic performance.
TRE’s success depends in good part on
access to a productive terminal and the privately
owned Lehmann Terminal in Lübeck
supplies the space, storage and professional

Germany and Russia
service TRE requires to keep customer
satisfaction high. The same
goes for St. Petersburg, where the
modern Persteco Terminal in the
2nd region also provides a quality
service. The last piece of the
puzzle is supplied by TRE’s partner
and agent Translog, which
is able to guarantee speedy
dispatch and delivery of trailers
and lorries via its direct IT links
to the Russian customs service.
Whatever the weather – TransRussiaExpress sails forward with future development.
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NordöLink still improving
after all these years
REDERI AB NORDöLINk MAy BE ONE OF FINNLINES’ “OLD RELIABLES”, PROvIDING A TIMELy AND
EFFICIENT SERvICE EvER SINCE ITS DEBUT IN 1982, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS NOT
CONSTANTLy LOOkING TO RAISE THE BAR ON STANDARDS.
In line with that commitment to constant improvement, NordöLink
will see a number of upgrades and advances to its service this year.
It will also move to a new and considerably more efficient ferry terminal
in Malmö for both freight and non-freight passengers, complete
with speedier check-in procedures.
thrEE nEw ro-pax vEssEls
After seeing its charge through almost 30 years of steady growth,
Finnlines has every right to be confident in NordöLink’s future. Starting
with a 1,500 lane
metres ro-ro vessel,
MS Svealand, it now
has three modern ropax
vessels in the
service for a total of
8,500 lane metres.
MS Finnpartner,
MS Finntrader and
MS Finnarrow today
link the ports
of Malmö and
Travemünde 40
times a week with three sailings a day save on Monday, offering
its hundreds of freight customers access to 100,000 lane metres of
capacity every week.
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Last year, NordöLink
vessels carried a high
number of cargo units,
holding on to their market
share despite strong competition
from other ship
operators and new rail
connections. Indeed, despite
the ravages of the
ongoing economic crisis,
the line has been able to
maintain the quality and frequency of its service, and so the
loyalty of its customers.
improvEd passEnGEr sErvicEs
A surge in passenger business has also boosted its performance.
Consumers have many options when travelling from the south of
Sweden to the Continent, from other shipping companies to the öresund
Bridge. Nonetheless, NordöLink’s non-freight passenger business
leaped 120 per cent last year compared with 2009 as investment
went into improving the passenger experience.
Customers are now able to relax in a spacious cabin, before enjoying
the jacuzzi and sauna, and then a fine buffet dinner in the
restaurant or a cocktail at one of two onboard bars. At NordöLink,
improving service is still the name of the game.

Europalink the first ship to discharge at improved Gdynia port
New double ro-ro ramp to
speed services at Gdynia
Two years ago, Finnlines launched a brace of new Motorways
of the Sea centred on the port of Gdynia that opened
up new freight and passenger opportunities between Finland,
Poland and Germany.
Last December, on a cold day in the Polish port, we had
a heart-warming confirmation of the success of these new
routes with the inauguration of a new double ro-ro ramp at
the port.
Finnlines’ chief executive Uwe Bakosch and janusz
jarosinski, president of the Port of Gdynia Authority, were
in attendance for the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony,
which also saw our Star-class vessel Europalink become
the first ship to discharge at the newly improved facility.
Mr jarosinski noted that the berth is part of a significant
investment in ro-ro infrastructure by the Port of Gdynia
Authority under a programme that will also enhance
road and rail access to the port. “Despite the exceptionally
long winter and other obstacles, we have
managed to fulfil our commitment to Finnlines,” he
said.
Mr Bakosch congratulated the port on a job well
done, remarking that the bright new ramp should
serve the company’s needs for years to come.
He added that the success of Finnlines’ partnership
with Gdynia bodes well for the future. “Our ropax
services between Finland, Poland and Germany
represent a major advance for the concept of Motorways
of the Sea, both in the Baltic Sea and in a wider
European context. Gdynia has an important role to play in
the continuing development of this network.”
As he also remarked: “Through synergies with the farflung
network of our parent company, the Grimaldi Group,
Finnlines is able to offer its customers an extraordinary
palette of services. As we launch new road-to-sea projects
and modernise our fleet by building new tonnage and optimising
existing vessels, we are more convinced than ever
that Finnlines is on the right track.”
From left to right: Zbigniew Zienowicz , President of Hydromega;
Janusz Jarosinski, President of the Port of Gdynia
SA; Uwe Bakosch, President/CEO of Finnlines; Walery
Tankiewicz, Vice President of the Port of Gdynia.
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TransRussiaExpress
Passengers & ro-ro service
GERMANy
RUSSIA
FINLAND
Lübeck
St. Petersburg Helsinki
tre.linesmanagement@ info.ru@finnlines.com sales.fi@finnlines.com
finnlines.com
Phone +7 812 680 10 70 Phone +358 10 343 50
Phone +49 (0)451 1507 140
Fax +49 (0)451 1507 139
Fax +7 812 680 10 69 Fax +358 10 343 5200
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FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES AGENTS
Trade fairs
Your Finnlines team welcomes you to visit
following exhibitions in spring 2011.
See you there!
• 5–7 April,
Birmingham Multimodal, NEC
Hall 4, Stand 630 www.multimodal.org.uk
• 14 April,
Helsinki Logistics
• 26–29 April,
Moscow Transrussia, Expocenter
Hall/Pavilion 2
www.transrussia.ru/eng
• 10–13 May, Munich Transport & Logistic,
Hall B4, Stand 318
www.transportlogistic.de
GERMANy
LATvIA
Sassnitz
ventspils
FRACHTCONTOR jUNGE & CO. SILvER STAR AGENCIES SIA
agency.sas@frachtcontor.de tre@silvers.lv
Phone +49 (0)38392 55390 Phone +371 63 627 107
Fax +49 (0)38392 55405 Fax +371 63 627 108
RUSSIA
St. Petersburg
TRANSLOG LLC
cargobooking@baltics.ru
Phone +7 812 380 3470
Fax +7 812 380 3471
LOADING COUNTRy DISCHARGING COUNTRy LOADING PORT DISCHARGING PORT DEPARTURE ARRIvAL
Germany Latvia Lübeck ventspils Wed 19:00 Fri 00:00
Lübeck ventspils Fri 17:00 Sat 19:00
Sassnitz ventspils Thu 07:15 Fri 00:00
Germany Russia Lübeck St. Petersburg Wed 19:00 Sat 08:00
Lübeck St. Petersburg Fri 17:00 Mon 08:00
Lübeck St. Petersburg Sat 20:00 Tue 08:00
Sassnitz St. Petersburg Thu 07:15 Sat 08:00
Sassnitz St. Petersburg Sun 07:00 Tue 09:00
Latvia Russia ventspils St. Petersburg Fri 04:00 Sat 08:00
ventspils St. Petersburg Sat 21:00 Mon 08:00
Russia Germany St. Petersburg Lübeck Mon 20:00 Thu 08:00
St. Petersburg Lübeck Wed 20:00 Sat 07:00
St. Petersburg Lübeck Sat 20:00 Tue 07:00
St. Petersburg Sassnitz Sat 20:00 Mon 17:00
Russia Latvia St. Petersburg ventspils Mon 20:00 Tue 22:00
St. Petersburg ventspils Sat 20:00 Sun 22:00
Latvia Germany ventspils Lübeck Tue 24:00 Thu 08:00
ventspils Lübeck Mon 00:00 Tue 07:00
ventspils Sassnitz Mon 00:00 Mon 17:00

OUR NET
WORKS. RELIABLE.
PRECISELY.
SAFE.
ACL: Atlantic trades
Finnlines: Baltic Sea / North Sea trades
Minoan Lines: Italy-Greece trades
Grimaldi Lines: Euro-Mediterranean
and Atlantic trades
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malta
tripoli
salErno
piraEus
hElsinki
st. pEtErsburG
yEnikoy
GEmlik
izmir mErsin
alExandria
limassol
lattakia
tartous
EUROMED SERVICE QUARTERLY SCHEDULE
2011
GRA.
ELLADE
03/11
GRA.
EUR
03/11
GRA.
MED
03/11
GRA.
BRET
03/11
GRA.
SCAN
03/11
GRA.
ELLADE
04/11
GRA.
EUR
04/11
GRA.
MED
04/11
GRA.
BRET
04/11
GRA.
SCAN
04/11
GRA.
ELLADE
05/11
GRA.
EUR
05/11
GRA.
MED
05/11
GRA.
BRET
05/11
GRA.
SCAN
05/11
GRA.
ELLADE
06/11
SALERNO 4/3 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4 29/4 6/5 13/5 20/5 27/5 3/6 10/6 17/6
SAvONA 5/3 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4 30/4 7/5 14/5 21/5 28/5 4/6 11/6 18/6
SETUBAL 8/3 15/3 22/3 29/3 5/4 12/4 19/4 26/4 3/5 10/5 17/5 24/5 31/5 7/6 14/6 21/6
BRISTOL ( PRBy) 11/3 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4 29/4 6/5 13/5 20/5 27/5 3/6 10/6 17/6 24/6
CORk 12/3 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4 30/4 7/5 14/5 21/5 28/5 4/6 11/6 18/6 25/6
ESBjERG 15/3 22/3 29/3 5/4 12/4 19/4 26/4 3/5 10/5 17/5 24/5 31/5 7/6 14/6 21/6 28/6
WALLHAMN 16/3 23/3 30/3 6/4 13/4 20/4 27/4 4/5 11/5 18/5 25/5 1/6 8/6 15/6 22/6 29/6
ANTWERP 18/3 25/3 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4 29/4 6/5 13/5 20/5 27/5 3/6 10/6 17/6 24/6 1/7
SOUTHAMPTON 19/3 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4 30/4 7/5 14/5 21/5 28/5 4/6 11/6 18/6 25/6 2/7
SALERNO 26/3 2/4 9/4 16/4 23/4 30/4 7/5 14/5 21/5 28/5 4/6 11/6 18/6 25/6 2/7 9/7
MALTA 27/3 3/4 10/4 17/4 24/4 1/5 8/5 15/5 22/5 29/5 5/6 12/6 19/6 26/6 3/7 10/7
PIRAEUS 28/3 4/4 11/4 18/4 25/4 2/5 9/5 16/5 23/5 30/5 6/6 13/6 20/6 27/6 4/7 11/7
IZMIR 29/3 5/4 12/4 19/4 26/4 3/5 10/5 17/5 24/5 31/5 7/6 14/6 21/6 28/6 5/7 12/7
ASHDOD 31/3 7/4 14/4 21/4 28/4 5/5 12/5 19/5 26/5 2/6 9/6 16/6 23/6 30/6 7/7 14/7
LIMASSOL 1/4 8/4 15/4 22/4 29/4 6/5 13/5 20/5 27/5 3/6 10/6 17/6 24/6 1/7 8/7 15/7
ALExANDRIA 3/4 10/4 17/4 24/4 1/5 8/5 15/5 22/5 29/5 5/6 12/6 19/6 26/6 3/7 10/7 17/7
bEirut
ashdod

HansaLink
Passengers & ro-ro service
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
FINLAND
Helsinki
sales.fi@finnlines.com
Phone +358 10 343 50
Fax +358 10 343 5200
Finland > GermanY
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Helsinki rostock
Tue 18:30 Thu 07:00
Thu 18:30 Sat 07:00
Sat 18:30 Mon 07:00
Finland > GermanY
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Helsinki Travemünde
Mon 17:30 Tue 20:30
Tue 17:30 Wed 20:30
Wed 17:30 Thu 20:30
Thu 17:30 Fri 20:30
Fri 17:30 Sat 20:30
Sat 17:30 Sun 20:30
Sun 15:00 Mon 20:30
GERMANy
Travemünde
sales.de@finnlines.com
Phone +49 (0)451 1507 500
Fax +49 (0)451 1507 577
GermanY > Finland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
rostock Helsinki
Tue 16:30 Thu 09:00
Thu 16:30 Sat 09:00
Sat 16:30 Mon 09:00
GermanY > Finland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Travemünde Helsinki
Mon 03:00 Tue 07:30
Tue 03:00 Wed 07:30
Wed 03:00 Thu 07:30
Thu 03:00 Fri 07:30
Fri 03:00 Sat 07:30
Sat 03:00 Sun 08:00
San 03:00 Mon 07:30
Finland > Poland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Helsinki Gdynia
Tue 18:30 Wed 15:00
Thu 18:30 Fri 15:00
Sat 18:30 Sun 15:00
GermanY > Poland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
rostock Gdynia
Tue 16:30 Wed 07:00
Thu 16:30 Fri 07:00
Sat 16:30 Sun 07:00
PaSSenGer BooKinG: www.finnlines.com passenger@finnlines.com
FINLAND:
+358 (0) 10 343 4500
passenger@finnlines.com
GERMANy:
+49 (0) 4502 80543
passagierdienst@finnlines.com
SWEDEN FINNLINk:
+358 (0) 176 207 605
passenger@finnlines.com
POLAND
Gdynia
sales.pl@finnlines.com
Phone +48 (0)58 627 4239
Fax +48 (0)58 627 4249
Poland > Finland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Gdynia Helsinki
Wed 11:00 Thu 09:00
Fri 11:00 Sat 09:00
Sun 11:00 Mon 09:00
Poland > GermanY
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Gdynia rostock
Wed 17:00 Thu 08:30
Fri 17:00 Sat 08:30
Sun 17:00 Mon 08:30
SWEDEN NORDöLINk:
+358 (0) 771 340 900
passenger@finnlines.com
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FinnLink NordöLink
Passengers & ro-ro service
Passengers & ro-ro service
20
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
FINLAND
Naantali
finnlink@finnlink.fi
Phone +358 (0)10 436 7620
Fax +358 (0)10 436 7660
Finland > Sweden
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
naantali Kapellskär
Mon 09:30 Mon 16:30
Mon 17:00 Mon 23:15
Mon 22:30 Tue 05:30
Tue 09:30 Tue 16:30
Tue 17:00 Tue 23:15
Tue 22:30 Wed 05:30
Wed 09:30 Wed 16:30
Wed 17:00 Wed 23:15
Wed 22:30 Thu 05:30
Thu 09:30 Thu 16:30
Thu 17:00 Thu 23:15
Thu 22:30 Fri 05:30
Fri 09:30 Fri 16:30
Fri 17:00 Fri 23:15
Fri 22:30 Sat 05:30
Sat 09:30 Sat 16:30
Sat 22:30 Sun 05:30
Sun 09:30 Sun 16:30
Sun 12:00 Sun 18:30
Sun 22:30 Mon 05:30
Sweden > Finland
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Kapellskär naantali
Mon 01:00 Mon 10:00
Mon 09:15 Mon 18:15
Mon 21:45 Tue 06:45
Tue 01:00 Tue 10:00
Tue 09:15 Tue 18:15
Tue 21:45 Wed 06:45
Wed 01:00 Wed 10:00
Wed 09:15 Wed 18:15
Wed 21:45 Thu 06:45
Thu 01:00 Thu 10:00
Thu 09:15 Thu 18:15
Thu 21:45 Fri 06:45
Fri 01:00 Fri 10:00
Fri 09:15 Fri 18:15
Fri 21:45 Sat 06:45
Sat 09:15 Sat 18:15
Sat 21:45 Sun 06:45
Sun 09:15 Sun 18:15
Sun 21:45 Mon 06:45
HansaLink FinnLink NordöLink
TRAVEMüNDE
ROSTOCk
MALMö
GERMANy
Travemünde
nordoe@finnlines.com
Phone +49 (0)4502 805 20
Fax +49 (0)450 22560
GermanY > Sweden
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Travemünde malmö
Mon 03:00 Mon 11:30
Mon 22:00 Tue 07:00
Tue 02:30 Tue 11:00
Tue 10:00 Tue 19:00
Tue 22:00 Wed 07:00
Wed 02:30 Wed 11:00
Wed 10:00 Wed 19:00
Wed 22:00 Thu 07:00
Thu 02:30 Thu 11:00
Thu 10:00 Thu 19:00
Thu 22:00 Fri 07:00
Fri 02:30 Fri 11:00
Fri 10:00 Fri 19:00
Fri 22:00 Sat 07:00
Sat 03:00 Sat 11:30
Sat 11:00 Sat 20:00
Sat 22:00 Sun 07:00
Sun 01:30 Sun 11:00
Sun 11:00 Sun 20:00
Sun 22:00 Mon 07:00
kAPELLSkäR
GDYNIA
NAANTALI
SWEDEN
Malmö
booking@nordoe-link.com
Phone +46 (0)40 176 800
Fax +46 (0)40 176 801
Sweden > GermanY
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
malmö Travemünde
Mon 16:00 Tue 00:30
Mon 22:00 Tue 07:00
Tue 10:00 Tue 19:00
Tue 16:00 Wed 00:30
Tue 22:00 Wed 07:00
Wed 10:00 Wed 19:00
Wed 16:00 Thu 00:30
Wed 22:00 Thu 07:00
Thu 10:00 Thu 19:00
Thu 16:00 Fri 00:30
Thu 22:00 Fri 07:00
Fri 10:00 Fri 19:00
Fri 16:00 Sat 00:30
Fri 22:00 Sat 07:00
Sat 10:00 Sat 19:00
Sat 13:30 Sat 23:00
Sat 23:00 Sun 08:00
Sun 10:00 Sun 19:00
Sun 16:00 Mon 00:30
Sun 22:00 Mon 07:00
HELSINkI

Finnlines
North Sea & Baltic ro-ro
FINNLINES BRANCH-OFFICES
BELGIUM
Antwerp
sales.be@finnlines.com
Phone +32 (0)3 570 9530
Fax +32 (0)3 570 9550
DENMARk
Aarhus
sales.dk@finnlines.com
Phone +45 86 206 650
Fax +45 85 206 659
FINLAND
Helsinki
sales.fi@finnlines.com
Phone +358 10 343 50
Fax +358 10 343 5200
GERMANy
Lübeck
sales.de@finnlines.com
Phone +49 (0)451 1507 0
Fax +49 (0)451 1507 222
GREAT BRITAIN
Hull
sales.uk@finnlines.com
Phone +44 (0)1482 377 655
Fax +44 (0)1482 787 229
POLAND
Gdynia
sales.pl@finnlines.com
Phone +48 (0)58 627 4239
Fax +48 (0)58 627 4249
LOADING
COUNTRY
hull
imminGham
bilbao
aarhus
travEmündE
lübEck
amstErdam
antwErp
zEEbruGGE
DISCHARGING
COUNTRY
LOADING
PORT
wallhamn
rostock
malmö
Gdynia
rauma
turku hElsinki
kotka
st. pEtErsburG
DISCHARGING
PORT DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
Belgium Finland Antwerp Helsinki Thu 18:00 Mon 07:00
Antwerp Helsinki Fri 22:00 Tue 12:00
Antwerp Rauma Thu 18:00 Tue 08:00
Antwerp Turku Fri 22:00 Fri 07:00
Belgium Poland Antwerp Gdynia Thu 18:00 Wed 15:00
Belgium Russia Antwerp St. Petersburg Fri 17:00 Wed 07:00
Belgium Spain Zeebrugge Bilbao Sat 18:00 Mon 14:00
Belgium The Netherlands Antwerp Amsterdam Thu 18:00 Fri 07:30
Denmark Finland Aarhus Helsinki Tue 18:00 Thu 06:45
Aarhus Helsinki Thu 18:00 Sat 06:45
Aarhus Helsinki Sat 15:00 Mon 06:45
Denmark Russia Aarhus St. Petersburg Sat 15:00 Wed 07:00
Finland Belgium Helsinki Antwerp Wed 18:00 Fri ( *** 06:00
Helsinki Antwerp Sat 15:00 Thu 09:00
Helsinki Zeebrugge Wed 18:00 Sat 14:00
kotka Antwerp Tue 22:00 Fri ( *** 06:00
kotka Antwerp Fri 22:00 Thu 09:00
kotka Zeebrugge Tue 22:00 Sat 14:00
Finland Denmark Helsinki Aarhus Tue 18:00 Thu 07:00
Helsinki Aarhus Thu 18:00 Sat 07:00
Helsinki Aarhus Sat 15:00 Mon 07:00
Finland Germany kotka Lübeck Thu 14:00 Sat 07:00
Rauma Lübeck Tue 10:00 Thu 07:00
Rauma Lübeck Sat 15:00 Tue 07:00
Rauma Rostock Sat 15:00 Mon 06:00
Turku Lübeck Tue 21:00 Thu 07:00
Turku Travemünde Fri 21:00 Sun 10:00
Finland Great Britain Helsinki Hull Mon 15:00 Sat 12:00
Helsinki Hull Sat 15:00 Tue 16:00
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Helsinki Immingham Sat 15:00 Tue 08:00
kotka Hull Fri 22:00 Tue 16:00
kotka Immingham Fri 22:00 Tue 08:00
Rauma Hull Wed 17:00 Sat 12:00
Finland Russia Helsinki St. Petersburg Tue 18:00 Wed 07:00
Helsinki St. Petersburg Wed 17:00 Thu 07:00
Finland Spain Helsinki Bilbao Wed 18:00 Mon 20:00
kotka Bilbao Tue 22:00 Mon 20:00
Finland Sweden Helsinki Malmö Sun 14:00 Mon 20:00
Helsinki Wallhamn ( * Sat 15:00 Mon 22:00
Finland The Netherlands Helsinki Amsterdam Sat 15:00 Fri 07:30
kotka Amsterdam Fri 22:00 Fri 07:30
Germany Finland Lübeck Rauma Tue 16:00 Fri 07:00
Lübeck Rauma Fri 16:00 Mon 18:00
Lübeck Turku Tue 16:00 Thu 15:00
Lübeck Turku Fri 16:00 Mon 06:30
Rostock Rauma Mon 16:00 Fri 07:00
Travemünde Helsinki Fri 19:00 Sun 10:00
Travemünde kotka Sun 15:00 Tue 06:00
Travemünde Rauma Wed 02:00 Fri 07:00
Travemünde Rauma Sat 17:00 Mon 18:00
Travemünde Turku Wed 02:00 Thu 15:00
Travemünde Turku Sat 17:00 Mon 06:30
Great Britain Belgium Hull Antwerp Wed 10:00 Thu 09:00
Immingham Antwerp Tue 13:00 Thu 09:00
Great Britain Finland Hull Helsinki Wed 10:00 Mon 07:00
Hull Helsinki Sat 24:00 Tue 18:00
Hull Rauma Wed 10:00 Tue 12:00
Immingham Helsinki Tue 13:00 Mon 07:00
Immingham Rauma Tue 13:00 Tue 12:00
Great Britain Russia Hull St. Petersburg Sat 24:00 Thu 07:00
Immingham St. Petersburg Tue 13:00 Thu 07:00
Great Britain The Netherlands Hull Amsterdam Wed 10:00 Fri 07:30
Immingham Amsterdam Tue 13:00 Fri 07:30
Poland Russia Gdynia St. Petersburg Sun 11:00 Wed 07:00
Russia Belgium St.Petersburg Antwerp Thu 19:00 Thu 09:00
Russia Denmark St.Petersburg Aarhus Thu 19:00 Mon 07:00
Russia Finland St.Petersburg Helsinki Thu 19:00 Sat 06:00
St.Petersburg kotka Wed 20:00 Thu 06:00
St.Petersburg kotka Thu 19:00 Fri 06:00
St.Petersburg Turku Wed 19:00 Fri 07:00
Russia Great Britain St.Petersburg Hull Thu 19:00 Tue 16:00
St.Petersburg Immingham Thu 19:00 Tue 08:00
Russia Spain St.Petersburg Bilbao Thu 19:00 Tue ( **** 11:00
Russia The Netherlands St.Petersburg Amsterdam Thu 19:00 Fri ( *** 07:30
Spain Belgium Bilbao Antwerp Tue 24:00 Fri 06:00
Spain Finland Bilbao Helsinki Tue 24:00 Tue 06:00
Bilbao Turku Tue 24:00 Fri ( *** 07:00
Spain Russia Bilbao St. Petersburg Tue 24:00 Wed 07:00
Sweden Finland Malmö Helsinki Fri 01:00 Sun 10:00
Wallhamn ( LOADING
DISCHARGING LOADING
DISCHARGING
COUNTRY
COUNTRY
PORT
PORT DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
* Helsinki Mon 22:00 Thu 06:45
Sweden Russia Malmö St. Petersburg Sat 22:00 Wed 07:00
The Netherlands Finland Amsterdam Helsinki Fri 15:00 Mon 07:00
Amsterdam Rauma Fri 15:00 Tue 12:00
The Netherlands Russia Amsterdam St. Petersburg Fri 15:00 Wed 07:00
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RUSSIA
St. Petersburg
info.ru@finnlines.com
Phone + 7 812 680 10 70
Fax + 7 812 680 10 69
SPAIN
Madrid
sales.es@finnlines.com
Phone +34 91 750 0707
Fax +34 637 109 054
AGENTS
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
VERENIGD
CARGADOORSkANTOOR B.V.,
info@vcklogistics.nl
Phone +31 (0)20 587 7877
Fax +31 (0)20 587 7770
SPAIN
Bilbao
CONSIGNACIONES TORO
Y BETOLAZA S.A.
consignaciones@torobe.com
Phone +34 94 425 2600
Fax +34 94 425 2649
SWEDEN
Gothenburg
GRIMALDI MARITIME AGENCIES
SWEDEN AB,
info@grimaldisweden.se
Phone +46 (0)31 607280
Malmö
REDERI AB NORDö-LINk,
booking@nordoe-link.com
Phone +46 (0)40 176 800
Fax +46 (0)40 176 801
* ) if inducement
** ) once a week
*** ) next week
**** ) week after next

TAKE A TOUR AROUND
THE BALTIC SEA
Sail comfortably around the Baltic with Finnlines. Our ships sail to Finland
from Gdynia, Poland, and from the German ports of Rostock and Travemünde.
From Travemünde you can also make your way to Malmö, Sweden. From
Sweden you can easily get to Finland by taking our fast route from Kapellskär
to Naantali. We bring the midnight sun, the thousands of lakes and the
beautiful sceneries of the Baltic within your reach.
Plan your own tour and come have countless
new experiences with us. Travel with Finnlines,
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in Summer.
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