Eckerö Linjen

Eckerö Linjen Ab
Aktiebolag
Headquarters Mariehamn, Åland
Area served
 Baltic Sea
Services Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
Website www.eckerolinjen.ax
MS Eckerö
MS Roslagen

Eckerö Linjen is a Finnish shipping company operating a ferry between Berghamn harbour in Eckerö in the Åland Islands and Grisslehamn in Sweden. The company is owned by the Åland based Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö. In addition to this Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö also owns Eckerö Line, Birka Line, Ålandsresor, Williams Buss and Algot Shipyard.

History

Eckerö Linjen began trafficking between Eckerö in Åland and Grisslehamn in Sweden in 1961. This route is much shorter than the one sailed by Viking Line, Eckerö Linjen's main competitor in the Åland - Sweden traffic, taking only two hours to cross. Partially as a result of this Eckerö Linjen operated its first two decades on small used ferries, until the acquisition of the first M/S Eckerö in 1982. Since January 2005 the route is operated by the second MS Eckerö, a notably larger ship than the ones that have previously sailed on the line, with the second MS Roslagen used as an extra ship during the summer high season.

Although Eckerö Linjen and Eckerö Line are technically separate companies, ships from one company have often been used to cover for ships of the other during dockings and technical malfunctions.

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