New service Kotka/Helsinki - Gothenburg - Bilbao

As from January 2010, Finnlines opens three new ro-ro services:

• between Kotka and Gothenburg
• between Helsinki and Gothenburg
• between Gothenburg and Bilbao

This is increasing the number of lines for rolling cargo in the Finnlines network by 20%.

This new regular liner service will be operated with two modern ro-ro ships, the m/s Finnmill and Finnpulp.

The transit time to Bilbao will be about 4.5 days from Finland and three days from Gothenburg. On their northbound voyages the m/vessels Finnmill and Finnpulp are calling the port of Antwerp.

In accordance with this arrangement, Finnlines will be offering additional capacity on the routes between Bilbao and Antwerp as well as between Antwerp and Finland.

Earlier this year Finnlines started a ro-pax service vessels between Poland and Finland, and between Poland and Germany to support passenger and cargo demands with the Star-class. These vessels call now altogether the ports of Helsinki, Travemünde, Rostock and Gdynia.

In October Finnlines deployed the m/s Transeuropa to the TransRussiaExpress service from Lübeck via Helsinki to St. Petersburg allowing to reach this gateway to Russia from all ports of call in the global Grimaldi network.

Further information

Håkan Modig
EVP, Fleet Management
tel. +358 50 565 5254

Staffan Herlin
EVP, Liner Services Marketing and Sales
tel. +358 50 565 5257