Saaremaa Shipping Company
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Saaremaa Shipping Company () was a company which served the main sea routes between the Estonian mainland and its two major islands,
Saaremaa Saaremaa (; ) is the largest and most populous island in Estonia. Measuring , its population is 31,435 (as of January 2020). The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hi ...
and
Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...
. Since 1 October 2016 these routes have been operated by
TS Laevad ''TS Laevad'' ("TS Ships") is an Estonian ferry company which operates two routes between the Estonian mainland and the islands of Hiiumaa and Muhu in the Baltic Sea. Muhu is connected by a causeway to Estonia's largest island, Saaremaa. The c ...
. SLK was declared bankrupt in November 2018.The Baltic Times. ''Ferries previously operating in Estonia to service passengers in Canada.''
/ref> SLK's three
sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same Ship class, class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They o ...
s "Saaremaa", "Hiiumaa" and "Muhumaa" were sold to Elb-Link in Germany. They were sold again in 2018 to service routes in eastern Canada.Ferry Shipping News. ''Woodward Group Confirms It Bought Three Ferries.''
/ref>


See also

*
Vjatšeslav Leedo Vyacheslav Leedo (; born 1952) is an Estonian entrepreneur. He was born in Kuressaare. In 1991, he bought three cargo ships. Since 1995, he is the key figure of ship transportation related to Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. He is the owner of Saaremaa Shi ...
, owner of SLK *
TS Laevad ''TS Laevad'' ("TS Ships") is an Estonian ferry company which operates two routes between the Estonian mainland and the islands of Hiiumaa and Muhu in the Baltic Sea. Muhu is connected by a causeway to Estonia's largest island, Saaremaa. The c ...
, company which replaced SLK in 2016 *
Kihnu Veeteed Kihnu Veeteed ("Kihnu Waterways") is a ferry company which operates six scheduled routes in Estonia. It is registered on the island of Kihnu in the Gulf of Riga, and runs a fleet of seven passenger ferries.Ferry class MM 90 FC (in German)


References


External links


Official websiteNews.postimees.ee. ''Why state dislikes Leedo’s ferries.''
Ferry companies of Estonia Transport companies established in 1992 Saaremaa Estonian companies established in 1992 {{Estonia-stub