Eckerö Line [SEP] inception
Estonia"-disaster in 1994 when many people in Finland began associating Eestin Linjat with EstLine, owners of the ill-fated MS "Estonia". As a result of this Eestin Linjat changed its name into Eckerö Line in 1995 (with the livery of the ships made identical to those of Eckerö Linjen). At the same time a second ship, MS "Apollo" (a sister ship the Alandia and Eckerö Linjen's Roslagen) was added to the route.
In 1998 Eckerö Line acquired its first (and only) genuine
Eckerö Line
Eckerö Line is a Finnish shipping company owned by the Åland-based Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö. Eckerö Line operates one ferry between Helsinki (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia). Eckerö Line should not be confused with the similarly named Eckerö Linjen, also owned by Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö, which operates ferry services between Berghamn in the Åland Islands and Grisslehamn in Sweden.
History.
In 1992 Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö and Birka Line founded a jointly-owned subsidiary "Eestin Linjat" to operate MS "Alandia" on the fast-