Eckerö Line

The Eckerö Line is a Finnish shipping company that belongs to the Åland-based Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö. It runs two big ferries that travel between Helsinki, which is in Finland, and Tallinn, which is in Estonia. These ferries make it easy for people to travel between these two cities.

It is important not to mix up Eckerö Line with another company called Eckerö Linjen. Even though both companies are owned by the same parent company, Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö, they operate different ferry routes. Eckerö Linjen runs ferries between Berghamn in the Åland Islands and Grisslehamn in Sweden.

History

In 1992, Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö and Birka Line created a new company called Eestin Linjat to run ferries between Helsinki and Tallinn. People in Finland thought the name sounded Estonian because it used the word "Eesti" instead of "Viro." This changed in 1995 when the company was renamed Eckerö Line.

Over the years, Eckerö Line added new ships to its fleet, including the MS Nordlandia in 1998 and the MS Translandia in 2004. In 2019, the company added another ship called MS Finbo Cargo to help carry more passengers and cargo on the Helsinki to Tallinn route.

Fleet

The Eckerö Line has a group of ships that it uses today, shown in a list.

There are also some ships that used to work for Eckerö Line but are now used elsewhere or retired. These ships are listed in another table.

Ship	Type	Built	Entered service	Gross tonnage	Passengers (max)	Knots	Route	Flag and home port	Image
MS Finlandia	Cruiseferry	2001	2012–	36,365 GT	2.080	27	Helsinki – Tallinn	Eckerö, Finland
MS Finbo Cargo	Ro-Ro	2000	2019–	22,152 GT	366	22,5	Vuosaari – Muuga	Eckerö, Finland