Destination Gotland
Destination Gotland AB
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legal form | FROM |
founding | 1998 |
Seat | Visby in Gotland , Sweden |
Number of employees | 400 |
Website | www.destinationgotland.se |
Destination Gotland is a Swedish shipping company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Rederi AB Gotland . It operates ferry routes from mainland Sweden to Gotland Island .
From summer 2007 to mid-2009, the transport company also operated a ferry connection between Gotland and the island of Öland .
The fleet currently consists of six ferries . Destination Gotland transports more than 1.4 million passengers to and from the island of Gotland and transports 640,000 lane meters of freight per year. During the high season in summer there are up to 16 departures per day between mainland Sweden and Gotland Island.
history
Destination Gotland was founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of Rederi AB Gotland and started ferry operations with several lines between Gotland and the Swedish mainland. Originally, 75% of the company's shares were held by Rederi Ab Gotland and 25% was owned by Silja Line . In 1999, Silja Line sold its shares in the company to Rederi AB Gotland, which has been the sole owner since then. At the same time, Destination Gotland converted the ticket and booking system to the so-called Bookit system, which is compatible with other booking systems in the Scandinavian ferry sector. Between 2007 and 2009 a line was operated between Visby and Grankullavik on Öland , but was discontinued after an average after a collision between two ships in Nynäshamn on July 23, 2009 and the subsequent lack of appropriate ships. In the accident, about 1,300 passengers were on board the Gotland , of whom thirteen injured had to be hospitalized. From 1997 to 2003 the Thjelvar drove for Destination Gotland. The ship was chartered to Color Line in 2003 , but was returned in 2007.
fleet
The shipping company currently operates six ferries:
Former ships
- Gotland , 1968-1935
- Gotland , 1936–1964
- Visby , today Scandinavia near Polferries (1980–1987, 1997–2003, 2003 as Visborg
- St. Nicolas / Stena Normandy / Normandy , was mostly chartered out,scrappedas Normandy in2012
- Thjelvar , 1962-1964
- Visby , 1964-1970
- Gotland , 1964-1973
- Thjelvar , 1973-1974
- Polhem , 1966-1972
- Gotlandia , 1967-1978
- Ölänningen , 1967–1972
- Visby , 1972-1980
- Drotten , 1980-1982
- Gotland , 1973–1989
- Polhem , 1967-1971
- Gotland , 1996-1997
- Gotland , 1989–
- Thjelvar (1998-2003)
- Hohburgen , from 2000 (is mostly chartered out)
- Thjelvar , 2006–2007, 2010–2011 since 2011 as Betancuria for Fred. Olsen
Web links
- Destination Gotland
- Overview of the ships used
- Shipping company AB Gotland with all former and current ships at Fakta om Fartyg
- History of Destination Gotland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philip Dawson: Please be Seated: The airline seat's ascendency over the traditional ship's berth , ShipPax GUIDE 04, 96-102, ISSN 0282-8898
- ↑ Två färjor kolliderade , Aftonbladet , July 23 of 2009.
- ↑ Gotlandsfärjan från Öland läggs ner , Sveriges Radio , July 24 of 2009.
- ^ A b Ian Boyle: Travemünde - Sally Stern - Wasa Express - Thjelvar - color travelers. In: Simplon Postcards. simplonpc.co.uk, accessed on July 30, 2013 (English).
- ^ M / S Gotland. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ M / S Thjelvar. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Visby (4). September 30, 2013, accessed January 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Visby / Visborg. September 30, 2013, accessed January 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Princess Birgitta. December 23, 2013, accessed January 26, 2017 .
- ^ M / S Gotland. November 3, 2013, accessed January 26, 2017 .