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Estline
Founded1988
Defunct2001
FateBankruptcy (2001)
HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
Area served
Baltic Sea
ServicesPassenger transportation
Freight transportation
ParentEstonian Shipping Company
Websitewww.estline.ee

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. On 28 September.1994, the flagship of the company, MS Estonia, sank in an autumn storm. 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.

References

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