SeaWind Line was a

subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a s ...

of the

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passenger shipping company

Silja Line Silja Line is a Swedish-Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink Silja Oy—is a subsidiary ...

, later owned by the

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n company

Tallink Tallink () is an Estonian shipping company operating Baltic Sea cruiseferries and ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Sweden to Sweden and Finland to Sweden. It is the largest passenger and cargo shipping company in the Baltic Sea r ...

. In 2010, the Sea Wind brand ceased to exist and the remaining ship, MS ''Sea Wind'', was transferred to Tallink colours. MS ''Sea Wind'' is dedicated to

cargo Cargo consists of bulk goods conveyed by water, air, or land. In economics, freight is cargo that is transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. ''Cargo'' was originally a shipload but now covers all types of freight, including trans ...

shipping only, operating also as a

train ferry A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train f ...

on the route

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. The ship is one of the most important carriers of

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s between Finland and Sweden. However, according to Tallink CEO

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, the company currently has little interest in continuing the train-ferry traffic, as transporting trains generates less income than transporting other cargo. SeaWind was founded in 1988 and started trafficking

–

with MS ''Sea Wind'' on 21 April 1989. In order to keep tax-free sales on board after the EU changed its tax free legislation, a stop at

Långnäs Långnäs is a port in Lumparland on the eastern mainland of Åland, about 30 km over the road away from Åland's capital Mariehamn. Road ferries to Kumlinge (Snäckö) and Galtby via Föglö (Överö) and Kökar start here. Långnäs is an alt ...

was added to the route in 1999. In September 2002, MS ''Öresund'' was chartered by SeaWind Line, renamed MS ''Sky Wind'' and put on the Stockholm–Turku route along with MS ''Sea Wind''. Between the years 2002 and 2005 SeaWind's MS ''Star Wind'' served on the route

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

–

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. In April 2005 SeaWind Line purchased M/S ''Sky Wind''. In May 2005 the Helsinki–Tallinn route was terminated and ''Star Wind'' was moved to the Stockholm–Turku route and soon sold to

Saaremaa Shipping Company Saaremaa Shipping Company ( et, Saaremaa Laevakompanii, SLK) was a company which served the main sea routes between the Estonian mainland and its two major islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Since 1 October 2016 these routes have been operated by TS ...

. In May 2007 ''Sky Wind'' was sold to the

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-based

Unity Line Unity Line is a Polish company that operates RoRo and train ferry services between Świnoujście in Poland and the Swedish ports of Ystad and Trelleborg. Routes Unity Line operates two routes across the Baltic Sea. *Świnoujście - Ystad *Świn ...

and made its last trip for SeaWind Line in August 2007. Tallink Silja were negotiating for the purchase of the a ship to replace the ''Sky Wind'', but due to low demand the decision was made not to bring in a replacement.Turun Sanomat 16. 10. 2007: Enn Pant uskoo Galaxyn nostavan matkustajien määrää Turun-reitillä
retrieved 16. 10. 2007 In January 2008, SeaWind Line ceased carrying passenger traffic. Coinciding with this, the ship no longer called at Långnäs as tax-free sales were no longer needed on board.Tallink Silja official website: Aikataulut Turku–Tukholma
retrieved 26 October 2007

Fleet

Former ships

Not a complete list.

References

External links

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