Effoa

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Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget dated March 31, 1920
Advertising poster for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget

Effoa was a Finnish shipping company . It was founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius (senior) under the name Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget ( Swedish , abbreviated FÅA ) or Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö ( Finnish , abbreviated SHO), in German Finnish Steamship Corporation . Since the company was best known by its Swedish abbreviation FÅA , it was renamed Effoa in 1976 , a phonetic spelling of this abbreviation.

history

Lars Krogius had already called for the establishment of a steamship company in 1881 in order to revive the Finnish merchant navy , which had been successful with its sailing ships in the 1870s, but was now in crisis in the face of foreign steamship competition. British shipowners in particular operated very profitable steamboat connections between Hull and Finland.

The first goal of FÅA, which was founded with the support of prominent Finnish businessmen, was to offer a direct and regular steamboat connection between England and the ports on the Gulf of Finland . The first steamers built for the company in 1884 were the Sirius and Orion . An important business in the early days was the export of Finnish butter . Numerous emigrants used FÅA ships on their way from Finland via England to the United States . By 1932, 473,000 3rd class passengers had been carried on the line from Hanko to Hull.

In 1945 the FÅA was the first shipping company after the Second World War to resume passenger traffic between Helsinki and Stockholm , for which the ship Wellamo was used. With the Wellamo , passenger traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn was also resumed, which took place in 1965.

The company was a founding member of the Silja Line consortium . In 1975 FÅA and Finnlines founded the joint freight company Finncarriers . At the same time, the FÅA gave up passenger traffic between Finland and Germany and sold the ships used on this route to Finnlines. In the 1980s, Finncarriers and Finnlines became wholly owned subsidiaries of Effoa. In 1989 Effoa decided to give up the cargo business and Effoa's stake in Finnlines was transferred to the owners of Effoa. Effoa ceased business as an independent company in 1990 when its freight business was spun off into an independent Finnlines , while the passenger business was merged with Johnson Line (at that time the other partner of Silja Line) to form the new company EffJohn , which later became the Tallink Silja Oy emerged.

Ships (selection)

  • Sirius (1884-1918). Torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Scotland inJune 1918 in service with the British Admiralty .
  • Orion (1884-1914, 1919-1931). 1914 by Russia requisitioned , repurchased in 1919 by the FAA in a snowstorm before the Finnish Baltic Sea island of 1,931 Halliluoto destroyed.
  • Arcturus (1899-1957). Mainly used on the route from Hanko via Copenhagen to Hull .
  • Wellamo (1927-1967)
  • Aallotar (1952-1970). In 1975 it wasscrappedexcept for a piece of the fuselage, which has served as a pram ever since.
  • Ilmatar (1964-1980). Later cruise and casino ship. Scrapped in 2011.
  • Finlandia (1967-1976). Later cruise and casino ship. Scrapped in 2009.
  • Aallotar (1972-1988). First ship for year-round passenger traffic between Helsinki and Stockholm. Scrapped in 2004.
  • Finlandia (1981-1990). Today under the name Moby Dada with the Italian shipping company Moby Lines .
  • Finnjet (1986-1990). Built in 1977, acquired by Enso-Gutzeit , fastest conventional ferry in the world. Scrapped 2008–2009.
  • Wellamo (1986-1990). Todayin actionunder the name Mega Andrea for Medinvest SPA in the Mediterranean.

literature

  • 75 years of Finnish liner traffic . In: Sea breezes . tape 26 , 1958, pp. 113-129 . Also published as a special print for FÅA.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Finland Steamship Company Ltd. / Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget (FÅA) ( English ) In: TheShipsList . February 5, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b 75 years of Finnish liner traffic. [Sl]: FÅA, [1958], p. 1. Special print from: Sea Breezes. Volume 26, 1958.
  3. ↑ 75 years of Finnish liner traffic. [Sl]: FÅA, [1958], pp. 1-2. Special print from: Sea Breezes. Volume 26, 1958.
  4. ↑ 75 years of Finnish liner traffic. [Sl]: FÅA, [1958], p. 3. Special print from: Sea Breezes. Volume 26, 1958.
  5. ↑ S / S Wellamo ( Swedish ) In: Fakta om Fartyg . Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ Silja Line: History ( English ) Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Accessed November 29, 2012th

Web links

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