The company's fleet also served more passengers in January-September this year, up 36.4% year-on-year to 764 thousand travellers.

"As anticipated, passenger travel increased considerably on Finnlines' vessels during the summer season. All the four ro-pax lines performed well and the number of private passengers more than doubled on the route between mainland Finland, Åland and Sweden. The growth on our Naantali-Långnäs-Kapellskär route during January-September [2024] was 122% compared to the previous year," Finnlines highlighted in its financial review for Q3 2024.

Finnlines also transported 962 thousand tonnes of non-unitised freight (-5.7% yoy) and 63 thousand vehicles (excl. private cars; -46.6% yoy).