The ship started on the Turku–Poland–Denmark–Norway route and increased the capacity by 2,000 tonnes. It is a sister ship of m/v Link Star that started on the route a year ago. Both vessels are equipped with stern and side gates and opening deck hatches. Link Star sails under the Finnish flag and Mini Star under the Swedish flag. Baltic Line Finland Oy acts as the agent of Nor Lines AS in Finland.
“Introducing two new vessels on the route and switching to weekly departures from a two-week schedule have considerably improved the competitiveness of the route”, says Tomas Uschanow, Managing Director of Baltic Line Finland.
“Both vessels will operate according to a regular weekly schedule on the route Turku–Swinoujscie–Fredericia–Lysekil–Norwegian ports. A new port of call is Lysekil on the west coast of Sweden to where scheduled traffic is starting in April”, Mr Uschanow adds.