Destination Gotland
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Nynäshamn
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and
Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The location of Oskarshamn was known as Döderhultsvik since the Medieval age...
to Visby
Visby
-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...
on the island of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
. It is a wholly owned daughter company of Rederi AB Gotland. In the summer of 2007 Destination Gotland also begin to run a service between the island of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
and the island of Öland
Öland
' is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 km² and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 25,000 inhabitants, but during Swedish Midsummer it is visited by up to 500,000 people...
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The fleet consists of four high-speed Ro-Pax ferries. The transport volumes to the island of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
is more than 1.4 million passengers and 640,000 lane meter
Lane meter
According to the University of North Carolina's How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement A lane meter is:a unit of deck area for "roll on/roll off" ships: cargo vessels designed so that containers or other cargo can be rolled on and off the decks of the ship. A lane is a strip of deck 2...
s of freight per year. During the high season the frequency is up to 16 departures per day to between the mainland of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and the island of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
.
History
Destination Gotland was founded in 1998 and has since that served the routes VisbyVisby
-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...
to Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn
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and Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The location of Oskarshamn was known as Döderhultsvik since the Medieval age...
. Originally 75% of the company was owned by Rederi Ab Gotland and 25% by Silja Line
Silja Line
Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a subsidiary of Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja...
. In January 1999 Silja Line
Silja Line
Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a subsidiary of Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja...
sold its share in the company to Rederi Ab Gotland, who from then has been the sole owner of the company. At the same time Destination Gotland changed from using Silja Line
Silja Line
Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a subsidiary of Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja...
s reservations system to the BOOKIT
BOOKIT
BOOKIT is a reservations system for the ferry industry. It is provided by Hogia Ferry Systems, a part of the Hogia group. Hogia Ferry Systems have its premises and the whole software development team in the municipality of Korsholm in Finland.-History:...
reservations system, which is now used for all their ferry reservations and ticketing.
Economics
There were a few scandals involving this ferry-line where leading individuals were accused of being bribed by the engine and other equipment manufacturers of the ferries, one individual committed suicide while in custody in VisbyVisby
-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...
during the court hearing. All living accused individuals have been cleared from the accusations in legal instances that would lead to imprisonment, fines where given.
The traffic to the Island of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
is subsided by the Swedish authorities. During a review of the agreement between the Swedish authority Rikstrafiken and the ferry company during 2006 the late CEO was arrested for his allegedly having misused the subsidies. The Swedish authorities had later to back from these allegations and Destination Gotland was cleared in all legal instances from having broken the agreement.
The previous concession for the traffic to Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
ends in December 2008 and a new tender for the period of 2009-2014 was given to them.
Fleet
- MS Visby
- MS Gotland
- HSC Gotlandia
- HSC Gotlandia IIHSC Gotlandia IIHSC Gotlandia II is a fast ferry operated by the Swedish company Destination Gotland. It was built by Fincantieri, Italy in 2006. It is used on Destination Gotland's routes Nynäshamn-Visby and Oskarshamn-Visby...
External links
- Company website
- Destination Gotland at Fakta om Fartyg
- Rederi AB Gotland at Fakta om Fartyg
- http://www.rikstrafiken.se/default2.asp?sprak=1053&id=303&topp=1 Swedish authority Rikstrafiken regarding subsidues
- http://www.chinagsi.com/en/product/product_detail.asp?p_series=1&id=59 Link the Chinese maker of M/S Visby and M/S Gotland.