Eckerö Line

Eckerö Line is a Finnish shipping company established in 1994 and part of the Rederi Ab Eckerö Group. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services between Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia, including regular route traffic, cruises and freight transport. Its vessels, MS Finlandia and MS Finbo Cargo, serve the Helsinki–Tallinn route under the Finnish flag. The company serves both leisure and business customers. Passenger options include one-way and return journeys, day cruises, onboard cabins, restaurants and bars, and hotel packages. The company’s website describes services in both Helsinki and Tallinn and says it has more than 40 hotel partners in Finland and Estonia. Onboard shopping is available on MS Finlandia through Eckerö Market and Parfymeria. Customers with an S-Etukortti card can earn Bonus on travel and onboard purchases. Eckerö Line also carries freight, including trucks with drivers, lorries, vans, cars and other machinery. It describes MS Finlandia and MS Finbo Cargo as offering 3,900 freight metres and says the vessels make 71 weekly departures. Freight customers can arrange temperature-controlled transport where required. The company notes that its service does not include stevedoring or cargo handling. The company presents safety as the foundation of its operations and says its safety programmes cover maritime and passenger safety. Its stated vision is to be an obvious and clear choice for both travel and transport. It also identifies forward-looking thinking, fairness, care and a can-do attitude among its values. Eckerö Line is entitled to use the Key Flag symbol, which the company describes as indicating Finnish service. The official company presentation gives 2025 key figures of approximately 600 personnel, 2.1 million passengers per year and revenue of €153 million. In 2024, the company marked 30 years of operations between Finland and Estonia. Its current services combine passenger travel, onboard hospitality and shopping with freight transport on the Gulf of Finland.

Eckerö Line Ab Oy is a Finnish shipping company established in 1994 and belonging to the Rederi Ab Eckerö Group. Its business is based on regular maritime connections between Helsinki and Tallinn, linking Finland and Estonia across the Gulf of Finland. The company has developed its offer around both passenger travel and freight rather than limiting its operations to a single kind of ferry service. Its passenger business includes one-way and return trips, day cruises and onboard services. The company’s current official materials identify MS Finlandia and MS Finbo Cargo as its vessels on the Helsinki–Tallinn route, both operating under the Finnish flag. Travellers can book cabins and meals, use onboard restaurants and bars, and purchase hotel packages for stays in either city. Eckerö Line says that it works with more than 40 hotel partners in Finland and Estonia. The company also offers onboard retail on MS Finlandia through Eckerö Market and Parfymeria and provides a Bonus benefit for S-Etukortti cardholders on travel and onboard purchases. Freight is another core part of the route business. The company lists transport for trucks with drivers, lorries, vans, cars and other machinery. It describes a combined 3,900 freight metres and 71 weekly departures on MS Finlandia and MS Finbo Cargo. Its freight offer includes the possibility of electrical connections for temperature-regulated transport. Eckerö Line distinguishes freight handling from its own service scope, noting that stevedoring and cargo handling are not included. It also states that certain fish products, including frozen and non-frozen fish and fish powder, can be transported on MS Finbo Cargo, while hygiene requirements prevent this on MS Finlandia. The company states that safety is the foundation of its activities, with programmes addressing maritime and passenger safety and regular practice onboard and in cooperation with authorities. Its stated vision is to be an obvious and clear choice for both travel and transport. The values listed in its company presentation include a forward-looking attitude, joy of work, fairness, sensibility, care and a can-do attitude. It is entitled to use the Key Flag symbol, which it says indicates Finnish service. Eckerö Line marked its thirtieth anniversary in August 2024, celebrating three decades of operations between Finland and Estonia with customers and partners. In the same year, the company joined the EU Emissions Trading System. Its official homepage also describes MS Finlandia as having become a hybrid vessel that spring, following the installation of a battery container on deck 9; the company gives the battery installation the affectionate nickname “Konttinen.” The company presentation lists 2025 key figures of approximately 600 personnel, 2.1 million passengers annually and €153 million in revenue. These figures describe the company’s stated scale while its route remains focused on Helsinki and Tallinn.

• Eckerö Line established

• MS Finlandia hybrid installation

• Thirty years of operations

• Joined the EU Emissions Trading System

• Company key figures published

A Finnish-flagged passenger and freight shipping company connecting Helsinki and Tallinn, serving both travellers and transport customers.

• Helsinki–Tallinn passenger services

  One-way and return ferry trips and day cruises between Helsinki and Tallinn.

• Freight transport

  Transport for trucks with drivers, lorries, vans, cars and other machinery, including temperature-regulated transport options.

• Hotel packages

  Packages combining travel with hotel stays in Helsinki or Tallinn.

• Onboard retail

  Shopping on MS Finlandia through Eckerö Market and Parfymeria.

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2. 2Eckerö Line Cargo Productseckeroline.com
3. 3Company Presentationeckeroline.com
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