Every year, 17,3 million passengers, 4 million cars, more than one million trucks and trailers and 84,000 railcars are using one of the 9 ferry routes operated by the shipping company Scandlines in the triangle between Germany, Denmark and Sweden as well as to the Baltic States and Finland. The Rostock based ferry company has one of the largest and most extensive route networks in the Baltic Sea region.

The Scandlines logo symbolises the most important Scandlines markets. The different colours of the triangle denote the countries that link together the Scandlines route network in the southern Baltic. The yellow stands for Germany, red for Denmark and blue for Sweden.

In Germany, Scandlines is represented at 3 ports on the Baltic Sea with a total of 6 ferry routes to Denmark, Sweden, Latvia and Finland. The best-known ferry line operated by Scandlines is probably the “Vogelfluglinie” between Puttgarden (Island of Fehmarn) and Rødby (Denmark).  More than 7 Million passenger travelled last year on one of the four modern double-ended Scandlines ferries, which cross the Fehmarn Belt around the clock at 30-minute intervals, taking only 45 minutes for the journey.

Scandlines offers 4 ferry routes from Rostock: from Rostock to Trelleborg (Sweden) 3 times a day, and an amazing 12 departures every day to Gedser in Denmark. In addition, there are 4 departures a week to Ventspils in Latvia and for freight customers 4 depatrures per week from Rostock to Hanko in Finland.

The shortest crossing to Sweden with 5 departures a day is the traditional “Königslinie” between Sassnitz (Island of Rügen) and Trelleborg (Sweden).

Scandlines GmbH, based in Rostock, is the parent concern comprising the affiliated companies Scandlines Deutschland GmbH and Scandlines Danmark A/S.

Scandlines GmbH is headed by Michael Hassing (CEO), John Steen-Mikkelsen (COO) and Tage Reinert (CFO).