Finnlines Plc is a leading shipping operator of ro-ro and passenger services in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The Company is a part of the Grimaldi Group, one of the world’s largest operators of ro-ro vessels and the largest operator of the Motorways of the Sea in Europe for both passengers and freight. This affiliation enables Finnlines to offer liner services to and from any destination in the Mediterranean, West Africa as well as the Atlantic coast of both North and South America. Finnlines’ sea transports are concentrated in the Baltic and the North Sea. Finnlines’ passenger-freight vessels offer services from Finland to Germany and via the Åland Islands to Sweden as well as from Sweden to Germany. The Company has subsidiaries or sales offices in Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Poland. In addition to sea transportation, the Company provides port services in Finland in Helsinki and Turku, which are the most important seaports in Finland. Finnlines’ ro-ro services in the Baltic and North Sea areas provide a backbone to Finnish industries’ transportation needs. The services covers the Finnish ports of Rauma, Uusikaupunki, Turku, Helsinki and Kotka, offering connections with Russian, Estonian, Polish, German, Danish, British, Dutch, Belgian and Spanish ports. HansaLink consists of three Star-class ro-pax vessels plying between Helsinki and Travemünde. For passengers it is the only direct connection by sea between Finland and Continental Europe. NordöLink runs a ro-pax service between Malmö, Sweden and Travemünde, Germany. FinnLink operates between Naantali, Finland and Kapellskär, Sweden. TransRussiaExpress runs a regular direct liner service between Germany and Russia .
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