Scandlines

Infobox Company
name = Scandlines

type = Private
genre =
foundation = 1998
founder =
location_city = Rostock
location_country = Germany
location =
locations = about a dozen routes
area_served = Baltic Sea
key_people =
industry = Transport
products =
services = Ferries
market c

revenue =
operating_income =
net_income = €70 million (2005) [ [http://www.scandlines.de/en/infocenter/press/2006/2006-9.htm Scandlines press release] , 30 June 2006]
assets = ca. €1560 million (2007)
equity =
owner = 3i Group (40%)
Allianz Capital Partners (40%)
Deutsche Seereederei (20%)
num_employees = 2700 [cite web |title=Jobs pledge as Scandlines is sold to consortium |date=2007-08-14 |work=Lloyd's List |url=http://lloydslist.com/ll/news/jobs-pledge-as-scandlines-is-sold-to-consortium/1187015898878.htm;jsessionid=0587BB429334ED94DB24F28CC9F56D7C |accessdate=2008-07-22 ]
parent =
divisions = Scandlines Deutschland, Scandlines Danmark
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.scandlines.com www.scandlines.com]
footnotes =
intl =

Scandlines is a major German-Danish ferry operator.

It consists of a parent company, Scandlines AG, and under this parent company a German subsidiary named Scandlines Deutschland GmbH and and a a Danish subsidiary named Scandlines Danmark A/S. Scandlines as a whole operates 17 lines for passenger and freight in and between Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the Baltic countries.

Scandlines used to be co-owned by the Danish Ministry of Transportation (50%) and Deutsche Bahn AG (50%) [cite web| url=http://www.scandlines.de/en/infocenter/about_us/company/companystructure.htm| title=Scandlines Deutschland GMBH - Company Structure| accessdate=2006-12-18|] , but as of June 2007, it is owned by a consortium consisting of 3i Group of Copenhagen and Frankfurt (40%), Allianz Capital Partners of Munich (40%) and Deutsche Seereederei of Rostock (20%). The consortium bought Scandlines for a total of 1.560 million Euros.

Ships

* M/V Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Rostock - Trelleborg)
* M/V Prins Joachim (Rostock - Gedser)
* M/V Kronprins Frederik (Rostock - Gedser)
* M/V Rostock (Gedser - Rostock)
* M/V Prinsesse Benedikte (Puttgarden - Rødby)
* M/V Prins Richard (Puttgarden - Rødby)
* M/V Deutschland (Puttgarden - Rødby)
* M/V Schleswig-Holstein (Puttgarden - Rødby)
* M/V Holger Danske (Puttgarden - Rødby)
* M/V Sassnitz (Sassnitz - Trelleborg) This line is called "Königslinie" and part of European route E22.
* M/V Hamlet (Helsingør - Helsingborg)
* M/V Tycho Brahe (Helsingør - Helsingborg)
* M/V Petersburg (Nynäshamn - Ventspils)
* M/V Fellow (Rostock - Ventspils)
* M/V Ask (Rostock - Ventspils)
* M/V Urd (Rostock - Ventspils)
* M/V Merchant (Rostock - Hanko)
* M/V Aurora (Rostock - Hanko)
* M/V Sea Corona (Århus - Åbenrå - Klaipeda) [cite web|url=http://minreklame.ipapercms.dk/Bordershop/Faerger/2008uge16faegersdfjkhfdsb/ |title=Routes, ferries and ports 2008 |format=swf |accessdate=2009-09-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.scandlines.com/ Scandlines] - Official site