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Tallink Grupp with its subsidiaries is the leading European ferry operator offering high quality mini-cruise and passenger transport services in the Baltic Sea region, as well as a leading provider of ro-ro cargo services on selected routes. The Group provides its services on the various routes between Finland-Sweden, Estonia-Finland, Estonia-Sweden and Latvia-Sweden under the brand names of “Tallink” and “Silja Line”. The Group’s fleet consists of 19 vessels: eleven cruise ferries, five high-speed ro-pax ferries, two ro-ro cargo vessels, and one ro-pax ferry. In addition the Group operates four hotels in Tallinn which offer great additional value to the selection of the Group’s travel related services. In 2010 the Group started to operate a new hotel in Riga.
Tallink Grupp’s investments into the modern fleet, built in 2000 or later, exceeds 1.3 billion euros. As a result of the recent investment and fleet renewal program the Group currently deploys some of the most advanced cruise ferries in the Baltic Sea. In particular, the Group management believes that the newest cruise vessels Romantika, Victoria I, Galaxy, Baltic Princess and Baltic Queen with state-of-the-art facilities, improved accommodation, larger onboard shopping areas and high quality onboard services, have set a new benchmark for travel standards in the Baltic Sea.
The Group’s new high-speed ro-pax ferries with ice class are designed to combine the best features of a traditional cruise ferry, cargo vessel and a high-speed ferry. They can be operated year-round at almost the same speed as the Group’s previous fleet of small and weather dependant high-speed crafts, but with increased passenger capacity, large car deck, expanded shopping and dining facilities and other services.
In 2009 the Group delivered its last cruise vessel under the fleet renewal program, MS Baltic Queen. There are currently no new vessels ordered. The Management is focusing on the improvement of the results of past investments and estimates that it will take few years before the need, if any, for further new vessels will become clear.
Through the fleet renewal program Tallink Grupp has established a versatile fleet, which allows offering a wide range of constantly improving services and frequent departures.
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