The German-Danish shipping company, Scandlines, will continue to take holidaymakers and those travelling on business to the destinations of their choice next year on its 12 ferry routes in the triangle between Germany, Denmark and Sweden, as well as to the Baltic States. The new main schedule for 2006 assists itinerary planning with all the important information concerning all the company’s routes, charges, arrival and departure times, special offers, plus useful tips on getting to the terminals. Products and pictograms in contrasting colours now make the brochure even easier for customers to follow.

With sales of € 503 million and a profit of € 75 million, Scandlines AG achieved its best result since the company was founded

As part of its reorganisation of transport services to and from the Baltic States, Scandlines will in future have a total of three routes calling at the Latvian port of Ventspils and offer its customers 12 departures per week from Ventspils to Scandinavia and Germany.

Although not the first, Bonn is an important station of the eight UN Millennium Gates. The churches, the Municipality of Bonn and the United Nations are standing side by side during the XXth World Youth Day taking place up to 19th August 2005 in order to provide comprehensive information about the UN Millennium campaign during the presentation of the Millennium Gates.

The German-Danish ferry company Scandlines once again maintained its market position in the cargo segment of the Baltic Sea ferry traffic sector in the first half of 2005. Scandlines achieved up to double-digit growth rates in cargo transport between Germany and Sweden, with good growth also evident on the company’s lines between Germany and Denmark. In the sea transport segment to the Baltic States, however, the shift of accompanied cargo traffic to the overland route via Poland continued.

Boom in truck traffic on the Scandinavia lines / Further consolidation of the Latvia route from October with Ventspils as the new port of destination

The Supervisory Board of Scandlines AG resolves to strengthen transport services to and from the Baltic States by establishing a sales organisation in Latvia and concentrating the route network on four lines. Ventspils (Latvia) and Rostock (Germany) will be the transport hubs for Scandlines traffic to the Baltic States and Russia.

Go to Sweden for just € 103 / with Scandlines, caravan and camper drivers save up to 36% on the normal fare when using the Sassnitz-Trelleborg service

Reach your destination even faster with AutoBizz® from Scandlines

7.8% rise in transport volumes on the Germany-Denmark-Sweden core market up to the end of April 2005 / Scandinavia and Western Europe now reachable even more quickly via Rostock

Faster crossing between Germany and Denmark to be officially presented on 28 April 2005

Scandlines AG supports German and Danish aid projects

Experience the Baltic States with Scandlines / 5-day trip from Kiel to Lithuania including sea-crossing and accommodation in a 5-star hotel in Palanga from  just €257 per person sharing

With a total of € 6,000, the Scandlines shipping company is this year once again supporting the charitable work of the Seamen’s Missions in the ports of Rostock and Sassnitz.

In good time for the early part of the season, the Scandlines shipping company is offering 4-6-day holiday packages on the island of Bornholm in cooperation with BornholmsTrafikken, which operates the ferry line from Sassnitz to Rønne. The offer is valid from 1 May to 16 June 2005 and then in the autumn again from 5 September to 23 October 2005, subject to availability.

Reopening of the floating shopping centre at the ferry port on Fehmarn on
28 January 2005 / shopping area enlarged by 65% on 4 levels / Scandlines creates 40 new jobs 

Scandlines offers up to 65 departures a day from Germany in the direction of Sweden / Rostock–Trelleborg return from just € 144

Joint marketing measures to concentrate advertising for Denmark in Germany / Scandlines shipping line assists in marketing the Island of Bornholm

Sassnitz-Rønne, Køge-Rønne and Ystad-Rønne routes: Scandlines takes over bookings and port clearance for the BornholmsTrafikken shipping line in Sassnitz

Following modernisation of the ferries “Prins Joachim” and “Kronprins Frederik”, the crossing time will be reduced to 105 minutes from February 2005 / more attractive service on board

The past year 2004 was once again a successful year for traffic development in the Scandlines shipping line’s route network. “The excellent results of 2003 were surpassed once more in all important transport segments”, summed up CFO Uwe Bakosch. “The German-Danish shipping group based in Rostock carried a total of more than 20 million passengers, 4.2 million cars, almost 1 million trucks and trailers, as well as over 85,000 buses/coaches and 110,000 railcars on its routes in the triangle between Germany, Denmark and Sweden, as well as to the Baltic States and Finland.”

Scandlines has launched a major donation appeal on board all its ferries and in its Border Shops in Puttgarden and Sassnitz / the company will itself provide an additional €125,000