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Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden.

The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink SiljaOy—is a subsidiary of the Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja Line brands in Finland as well as managing Tallink Silja's ship employees. Another subsidiary, Tallink Silja AB, handles marketing and sales in Sweden. Strategical corporate management is performed by Tallink Grupp which also own the ships.^]2[

As of 2009 four ships service two routes under the Silja Line brand, transporting about three million passengers and 200,000 cars every year.^]3[ The Silja Line ships have a market share of around 50 percent on the two routes served.

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Флот состоит из семи судов, новейшим из которых является экологически чистое M/S Viking Grace, курсирующее на линии Турку — Мариехамн — Стокгольм.

В 2013 г. было перевезено 6,53 млн пассажиров, а оборот компании составил 549 млн евро^[1].

Акции Viking Line котируются на Хельсинкской бирже.

«Mariella» и «Viking Cinderella» в Стокгольме

M/S Romantika - это великолепный круизный паром, курсирующий по маршруту Рига-Стокгольм. Насладитесь роскошным путешествием по Балтийскому морю, отдохните в наших барах и ресторанах, посетите салоны красоты и ухода за здоровьем и откройте для себя совершенно новые ощущения!

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Silja line viking line Паром Galaxy : описание, фотографии

M/S Galaxy может принять на борт 2800 пассажиров, на судне около тысячи кают, множество ресторанов, баров и магазинов. Также имеется детская игровая комната, великолепный комплекс саун и, кроме этого, 450-местный конференц-центр, оснащенный современным оборудованием. Новое, длиной более 200 метров, M/S Galaxy – высший класс среди судов на Балтийском море!

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Silja line viking line

In the 1979 Svea and Effoa decided again to order new ships for the Helsinki—Stockholm route, which would be the largest ferries of their time. Bore however decided not to participate in building new ships, and in 1980 opted to bow out of passenger traffic altogether (Bore Line still exists as a freight-carrying company today). Their two ships were sold to Effoa and their shares of Silja Line split between the two other companies. In Finland, and later in Sweden, a large maritime strike in spring 1980 stopped ferry traffic completely. This also prompted Effoa to terminate the Silja Cruises service.fi icon [http://www.valkeatlaivat.net/historia/valkeat_kaunottaret_saapuvat.htm Valkeat laivat: Valkeat kaunottaret saapuvat] , retrieved 9. 10. 2007]

Despite the difficulties Silja's first real cruiseferries MS|Finlandia and MS|Silvia Regina entered traffic in 1981, which led to a 45% raise in passenger numbers. Late in the same year Johnson Line purchased Rederi AB Svea, and the former Svea ships received Johnson Line's blue/yellow colours. The good experiences gained from the new Helsinki ships prompted Effoa and Johnson Line to order two ships built on a similar principle for traffic on the Turku—Stockholm route, which were delivered in 1985 and 1986 as MS|Svea and MS|Wellamo|1986|6. Although similar in proportions and interior layout, the new ships sported an attractive streamlined superstructure instead of the box-like superstructure of "Finlandia" and "Silvia Regina".

1987-1992

1987 was a very eventful year for Silja. Effoa had purchased the famous GTS "Finnjet" the previous year and from the beginning of 1987 the prestigious but unprofitable "Queen of the Baltic Sea" joined Silja Line's fleet. Later in the same year Effoa and Johnson Line jointly purchased Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of their rival Viking Line. The other Viking Line partners forced the new owners to sell their share in Viking, but Effoa and Johnson Line still got Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna, Sally Cruises, Sally Ferries UK and Commodore Cruise Line. Although the purchase of Sally had no effect in Silja Line's traffic for the time being, it proved to be important later. Finally 1987 saw the order of new ships for Helsinki - Stockholm route (again), which would be the largest ferries ever built (again), eventually named MS|Silja Serenade and MS|Silja Symphony. Not revealed at the time, the new ships had a 140-meter promenade-street running along the center of the ship, a feature never seen before in a ship (these days promenades are commonly found on Royal Caribbean International's and Color Line's newer ships).

In late 1989 Wärtsilä Marine, the shipyard building Silja's new cruiseferries, went bankrupt, which led to the ships being delivered later than had been planned. To ensure the delivery of their ferries Effoa and Johnson Line both purchased a part of the new Masa-Yards established to continue shipbuilding in Wärtsilä's former shipyards.

The year 1990 saw the realisation of an old vision: Effoa and Johnson Line merged to form EffJohn. As a result the seal's head logo gravitated into the funnel, replacing the old colours of each individual owner company. In November of the same year the new MS "Silja Serenade" made it's maiden voayge from Helsinki to Stockholm, approximately seven months after the original planned delivery date. MS "Silja Symphony" was delivered the following year. Despiste being highly popular and sporting a successful design, the new ships had also been very expensive. Coupled with the depression in the early 90's EffJohn was forced to cut costs, which resulted in Wasa Line and Sally Cruises being merged into Silja Line in 1992. The year also saw "Svea" and "Wellamo" being modernised in "Silja Karneval" and "Silja Festival", respectively.fi icon [http://www.valkeatlaivat.net/historia/loistoristeilijoiden_ja_tappiovuosien_aikakausi.htm Valkeat laivat: Loistoristelijöiden ja tappiovuosien aikakausi] , retrieved 9. 10. 2007]

1993-2006

The year 1993 began with a bang. In January it was reported that Silja Line had chartered MS|Europa|1993|6, a ship under construction for Rederi AB Slite, one of the owners of Viking Line. Due to financial troubles Slite could not pay for their new ship, and the shipyard decided to charter it to Silja instead. Later in the same year Silja joined forced with Euroway on their Malmö—Travemünde—Lübeck route. The route proved to be unprofitable and was terminated in spring 1994.

MS|Sally Albatross was grounded outside Helsinki in spring 1994 and suffered major damage, which prompted Silja to give up traffic on her. September 1994 saw the largest peace-time maritime disaster on the Baltic Sea, the sinking of MS|Estonia. "Silja Europa", "Silja Symphony" and "Finnjet" all assisted in searching for survivors from the disaster. "Silja Festival" was berthed opposite the Estonia in Tallinn the day before the sinking [http://www.estonia.xprimo.de/estonia%20final%20report/chapter19.htm] , but she was in Helsinki when Estonia sank and didn't come to assistance. Sinking of the "Estonia" led to passenger numbers dropping, which did not help Silja's precarious situation. The company was now the largest on the Baltic Sea, having finally overtaken Viking Line in 1993, but financially it wasn't doing too well. In 1995 Effjohn changed their name into Silja Oy Ab. Three years later the name was changed again, this time to Neptun Maritime.

1999 saw two big changes coming for Silja. Tax-free sales ended on routes between EU countries, which forced the Helsinki—Stockholm ships to start calling at Mariehamn in the Åland Islands. Although the Åland Islands joined the EU along with the rest of Finland in 1994, their autonymous status allowed them to stay outside the EU tax union and hence avoid the end of tax-fee sales. Bigger change than this was Sea Containers purchasing the majority of Neptun Maritime's shares. In 2000 the new owners brought one of their Super SeaCats on Helsinki—Tallinn traffic and Neptun Maritime again changed its name, this time to Silja Oyj Abp. In the same year the route between Vaasa and Umeå was terminated as unprofitable.fi icon [http://www.valkeatlaivat.net/historia/uudet_tuulet_puhaltavat.htm Valkeat laivat: Uudet tuulet puhaltavat] , retrieved 9. 10. 2007]

By 2004 Sea Containers owned Silja Line entirely. The company was doing well financially and all seemed to be going well. Unfortunately Sea Containers' other operations were not as profitable and in late 2005 they announced their intent to give up their ferry division completely, this naturally including selling Silja Line. In preparation for the sale the unprofitable GTS|Finnjet and MS|Silja Opera were taken out of service and transferred under Sea Co's ownership. "Silja Serenade" and "Symphony" were also rebuilt in early 2006 to make them more attractive to the potential buyer.

2006-

May 2006 saw the sale of Silja Line to the Estonian Tallink. The SuperSeaCats trafficking between Helsinki and Tallinn were not included in the sale as their purchase would have given Tallink a dominant market position on the route, which would have resulted in the competition regulators of Finland and Estonia not approving the sale. As a result Sea Containers (that had barely a year ago announced their intention to give up the ferry business completely) continued operating them under the SuperSeaCat brand. In late 2006 the land organisations of Tallink and Silja Line were reorganised in Finland so that Tallink Finland and Superfast Finland were merged into Oyj Silja Abp, which now took care of all Finnish operations of Tallink/Silja. Shortly afterwards Oyj Silja Abp was renamed into Tallink Silja Oy. Similarly the land organisations in Sweden became Tallink Silja AB.

After the requisition of Silja, Tallink stated that it intended to keep the Silja Line brand separated from Tallink. [fi icon [http://www.matkalehti.fi/uutiset.html?1511 Matkalehti 11. 10. 2007: Brändi säilyy ja kehittyy: Siljan 50 vuotta] , retrieved 18. 10. 2007] However, most Silja Line marketing in FinlandFact|date=September 2008 and Sweden has since the takeover been made under the combined Tallink Silja name. [ [http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/ Tallink Silja official website] , retrieved 18. 10. 2007]

In July 2008, the Tallink ship MS|Galaxy replaced the "Silja Festival" on the Turku—Mariehamn—Stockholm route. The "Galaxy" was flagged to Sweden and the text Silja Line was painted on her hull sides. The Tallink logo has remained on her funnel and the innovative livery of the ship, which doesn't follow Silja Line traditional livery, was unaltered. [ [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/galaxy_2006.htm MS Galaxy at Fakta om fartyg] ] The "Silja Festival" was in turn moved to Tallink's Stockholm-Riga, her funnel repainted in Tallink colors and the text Tallink on her sides. Her name has remained "Silja Festival" though.

Future

In April 2007 Tallink ordered a second sister ship to the "Galaxy". At the time Keijo Mehtonen stated the new ship would "probably" be placed on the Turku—Mariehamn—Stockholm service, replacing "Silja Europa". [fi icon [http://www.turunsanomat.fi/talous/?ts=1,3:1004:0:0,4:4:0:1:2007-04-12,104:4:451430,1:0:0:0:0:0: Turun Sanomat 12. 4. 2007: Tallink tilaa Aker Yardsilta uuden risteilijän Turku-Tukholma -välille] , retrieved 1. 10. 2007] In October of the same year Enn Pant countered Mehtonen's statement, saying that no decisions had been made regarding the route of the third Galaxy-class vessel.fi icon [http://www.turunsanomat.fi/talous/?ts=1,3:1004:0:0,4:4:0:1:2007-10-16,104:4:492463 Turun Sanomat 16. 10. 2007: Enn Pant uskoo Galaxyn nostavan matkustajien määrää Turun-reitillä] , retrieved 16. 10. 2007]

Fleet

Current fleet

Former ships

References

See also

*Finnish Maritime Cluster
*List of Finnish companies
*SeaRail - part-owned by Tallink Silja Oy

External links

* [http://www.silja.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.siljaweb.com/ SILJAweb.com]
*sv icon [http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/silja_line.htm Fakta om Fartyg: Silja Line]
* [http://www.siljaweb.com/ SILJAweb]
*fi [http://www.valkeatlaivat.net/ Valkeat laivat]

1987-1992

Можно поубивать время (и деньги) на игровых автоматах – их здесь большое количество и разнообразие.
Дети развлекаются в детских комнатах, заваленных игрушками и даже компьютерными экранами с простыми играми. Обувь нужно снимать.
Это Night Club – где на сцене танцуют и поют, а на окружающих сцену столиках пьют и закусывают. В принципе весело, тем кто падок до ночной жизни, танцев-манцев, и головокружения от выпитого. Я лично – пас. Не люблю, с трудом выдерживаю 5 минут, в своё время перетанцевала на столах на испанских дискотеках.
Развлечения на пароме для взрослых и детей.

Детская игровая комната на «Mariella”-е

Наш маконаец не отлипал от иллюминатора

Наши люди на пароме.
Я всегда пишу «наши», потому в очень редком русском человеческом экземпляре отсутствуют пролетарские замашки.
Глобальность неадекватного поведения наших соотечественников, конечно, причина того, что многие финны, зная пики наплывов русских соседей к ним в гости, стараются свести туристическое соприкосновение с нами к минимуму. Поэтому в посленовогодние дни, т.е. на наши зимние каникулы, финнов и шведов на пароме - ~5%, русских – 95%. Что это означает? :) :(… Как ни обидно это говорить, другого слова не подберу – колхоз гуляет. В соседней с нами каюте народ пел всю ночь песни типа «В лесу родилась ёлочка, б…», униформа для прогулки по парому типа треники+сланцы+мятая майка+банка пива, безумное опрыскивание себя духами в дьюти-фри, толкание, хватание, нездорованье друг с другом и проч. и проч. это самые невинные проявления нашего «совкового» менталитета.

Обмен евро/долларов на шведские кроны можно осуществить на reception. Минимальный кэш, конечно же, необходим для старта. У них же продаются билеты (4€) на грузовой автобус City Bus, на который вам нужно погрузиться, сойдя с парома, чтобы доехать либо до ближайшей станции метро Slussen, либо до конечной – T-Centralen.
Обмен денег. Билеты на автобус до метро.

Паром Silja Europa

Паромная компания: Tallink Silja
7 ресторанов и кафе, бар, 2 ночных клуба, детский игровой уголок, спа-комплекс, 4 магазина.

Паром Silja Festival

Паромная компания: Tallink Silja
3 ресторана и кафе, бар, 2 ночных клуба, детский игровой уголок, спа-комплекс, казино, 3 магазина.

Паром Silja Serenade

Дополнительно оплачивается:
- виза в Финляндию
- страховка от невыезда - 1% от стоимости к оплате (обязательно)
- ж/д билеты Москва – Санкт-Петербург – Москва
- питание на пароме Silja Line, пароме Viking Line: 2 завтрака + 2 ужина - 80 у.е. / взр., 28 у.е. / реб. 6 - 11 лет, 42 у.е. / реб. 12 - 17 лет; дети до 5 лет - питание на паромах Silja / Viking Line - бесплатно

Расшифровка применяемых сокращений.

Viking Line XPRS

Âñþ íî÷ü íà ïàðîìàõ êîìïàíèè Tallink Silja (Òàëëèíê Ñèëüÿ) èãðàåò æèâàÿ ìóçûêà è âû ìîæåòå ïîòàíöåâàòü èëè ïîñìîòðåòü øîó-ïðîãðàììû.