Estline

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Estline
Fate bankruptcy (2001)
Founded 1988
Defunct 2001
Headquarters Tallinn, Estonia
Area served Baltic Sea
Services Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
Parent Estonian Shipping Company
Website www.estline.ee
MS Estonia

Estline (sometimes spelled EstLine) was a Swedish-Estonian shipping company, owned jointly by Nordström & Thulin and the Estonian Government via Estonian Shipping Company (ESCO). Estline was founded in 1990 and had a 10 year exclusive right to the passenger traffic between Stockholm, Sweden and Tallinn, Estonia. In 1998, Nordström & Thulin left the joint venture, making Estline a fully owned Estonian shipping company. By the end of 2000, Estline´s ships were chartered by Tallink. Estline was officially declared bankrupt in the middle of year 2001.[1]

Ships

Not a complete list.

  • M/S Nord Estonia (1990–1994) – Now M/S Vana Tallinn for Tallink
  • M/S Estonia (1993–1994) – Sunk 1994
  • M/S Nord Neptunus, later M/S Neptunia (1992–1999) – Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey, 2007
  • M/S Mare Balticum (1994–1996) – Now M/S ARV 1 for Equinox Offshore Accommodation, under reconstruction into a supply and accommodation vessel
  • M/S Regina Baltica (1996–2000) – Now sails for Tallink
  • M/S Baltic Kristina (1997–2000) – Now M/S Rigel for Ventouris Ferries

References

  1. "Virolainen Estline-varustamo konkurssiin" (in in Finnish). Kauppalehti. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-01-28. 
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