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Wasa Line
Wasaline is the trade name of NLC Ferry Ab Oy, a Finnish shipping company that operates the passenger and freight ferry route between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden.
Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå was founded in 1948 to transport passengers through Kvarken, the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia, with its first journey in May aboard its first ship, the MS Turisten. Like its founders, residents of both sides of Kvarken are predominantly Swedish-speaking.
Its first ships were used steamers, only capable of summer traffic. In 1958, Merivienti Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish forestry giant Enso-Gutzeit, became the largest owner of Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå.
With funds from the new owner, the firm could purchase their first ship capable of carrying cars, the SS Korsholm III. In 1962, it was delivered its only newbuild, MS Vaasa, a freighter that spent most of its career in the company chartered elsewhere, until it was sold in 1964.
Sold by Sessan Linjen in 1964, the MS Wasa Express was its first genuine car and passenger ferry, initiating a trend of adding "Express" to ship names. In 1967, two years after the company was renamed in the bilingual form Oy Vaasa – Umeå Ab, the operation between Vaasa and Sundsvall was launched after the purchase of MS Botnia Express.
In 1970, a line from Vaasa to Örnsköldsvik was opened. The following year the company expanded further, opening a line between Pori and Sundsvall, however it proved unprofitable and was cancelled the following year.
In 1976, Vaasa-Umeå purchased MS Viking 3 from Rederi Ab Sally, and reused the name Wasa Express for her. During the following decade three of her sister ships would also find their way into Vaasa-Umeå's fleet. In fact the company had considered ordering a newbuild of the same class in the early 70's, but had decided it would be too expensive.
Enso-Gutzeit became the sole owner of Vaasa-Umeå in 1979, and changed the company's name to Vaasanlaivat – Vasabåtarna (The Vaasa Boats). The same year Wasa Express' sister ship MS Botnia Express was added to the company's fleet.
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Wasa Line
Wasaline is the trade name of NLC Ferry Ab Oy, a Finnish shipping company that operates the passenger and freight ferry route between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden.
Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå was founded in 1948 to transport passengers through Kvarken, the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia, with its first journey in May aboard its first ship, the MS Turisten. Like its founders, residents of both sides of Kvarken are predominantly Swedish-speaking.
Its first ships were used steamers, only capable of summer traffic. In 1958, Merivienti Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish forestry giant Enso-Gutzeit, became the largest owner of Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå.
With funds from the new owner, the firm could purchase their first ship capable of carrying cars, the SS Korsholm III. In 1962, it was delivered its only newbuild, MS Vaasa, a freighter that spent most of its career in the company chartered elsewhere, until it was sold in 1964.
Sold by Sessan Linjen in 1964, the MS Wasa Express was its first genuine car and passenger ferry, initiating a trend of adding "Express" to ship names. In 1967, two years after the company was renamed in the bilingual form Oy Vaasa – Umeå Ab, the operation between Vaasa and Sundsvall was launched after the purchase of MS Botnia Express.
In 1970, a line from Vaasa to Örnsköldsvik was opened. The following year the company expanded further, opening a line between Pori and Sundsvall, however it proved unprofitable and was cancelled the following year.
In 1976, Vaasa-Umeå purchased MS Viking 3 from Rederi Ab Sally, and reused the name Wasa Express for her. During the following decade three of her sister ships would also find their way into Vaasa-Umeå's fleet. In fact the company had considered ordering a newbuild of the same class in the early 70's, but had decided it would be too expensive.
Enso-Gutzeit became the sole owner of Vaasa-Umeå in 1979, and changed the company's name to Vaasanlaivat – Vasabåtarna (The Vaasa Boats). The same year Wasa Express' sister ship MS Botnia Express was added to the company's fleet.