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    of Effoa. In 1989 Effoa decided to give up its freight-carrying operations, and its shares of Finnlines were transferred to Effoa's owners. Effoa stopped...
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    experiencing financial difficulties for most of the 1980s. In late 1987, Effoa and Johnson Line, the owners of Viking Line's main rivals Silja Line, bought...
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  • Finland SS Co changed its name to Effoa (the Finnish phonetic spelling of FÅA). During the latter part of the 1970s Effoa's old ferries MS Ilmatar and MS Regina...
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    shares were sold to Effoa (one of the owners of Silja Line), and Finnjet Line was established as a joint venture of Finnlines and Effoa to operate Finnjet...
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    under charter from DFDS Seaways. She was built in 1981 as Finlandia for Effoa at Wärtsilä's Perno shipyard in Turku, Finland, and placed in service on...
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    sold to Effoa or Neste Oy and all of Enso-Gutzeit's shares of Finncarriers were sold to Effoa. Finncarriers thus became a subsidiary of Effoa. Several...
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    and was bought by its rivals Effoa and Johnson Line (owners of Silja Line) in 1987. In 1990 the operations of Sally, Effoa and Johnson Line were merged...
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    Sweden. She was built in 1986 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland, for Effoa as MS Wellamo for use on Silja Line traffic. She was rebuilt in 1992 at...
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    cruiseferry MS Baltic Queen. The ship was ordered on 26 October 1987 by Effoa for Silja Line traffic. The ship had a revolutionary interior layout, with...
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  • Kulovaara, senior vice president of Eff John International, which manages all Effoa and Johnson Line ferries Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers...
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  • into Admiral Cruises in 1986 EasyCruise  Greece Sold to Hellenic Seaways Effoa  Finland Epirotiki Line  Greece Most well known for losing three of its...
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    by Project Runeberg. Hangö fästning, Reino Aaltonen Ett sekel till havs, Effoas hundra första år 1883–1983, Paavo Haavikko Nio mans stövlar, Pentti Haanpää...
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    Sea were raising rapidly and Finland SS Co (which had changed its name to Effoa in 1976) and Svea were planning to build new ships for the Helsinki—Stockholm...
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    Baltic Sea from Helsinki. In 1987 Rederi Ab Sally was sold to its rivals Effoa and Johnson Line. In January–February 1988 the Sally Albatross was comprehensively...
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    Hamlet which were acquired with these two deals, DFDS also purchased the Effoa ferry Wellamo in 1981, renaming Dana Gloria. Following this brief expansion...
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    competitors Effoa and Johnson Line, based in Finland and Sweden, respectively. Two years later the passenger operations of Sally, Effoa and Johnson were...
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    1987 Rederi Ab Sally, including the Sally Line UK operations, was sold to Effoa and Johnson Line, Sally's Baltic Sea rivals and owners of Silja Line. As...
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    spiral continued, and in 1987 the company was sold to their main rivals Effoa and Johnson Line (owners of Silja Line). The change of ownership meant additional...
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    newbuilds, Sally were in an extremely poor position financially and in 1987 Effoa and Johnson Line, the owners of Silja Line, purchased Sally. As a result...
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    turbine-powered. Also fastest and longest 1981 MS Finlandia 25,905 GRT Effoa (Silja Line traffic) Baltic Sea  Finland Alongside identical sister MS Silvia...
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    Steamship Company changed their name to Effoa. Following the end of charter to Finnlines, the Ilmatar was used by Effoa on cruise traffic aimed at the German...
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  • Helsinki–Stockholm ship, but this agreement was not exercised and DFDS acquired Effoa's Wellamo instead. On 24 November 1981, Johnson Line purchased Rederi AB...
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    Line traffic) 1978: Effoa (Silja Line traffic) 1978–79: Polferries 1979: Effoa (Silja Line traffic) 1979: Brittany Ferries 1979: Effoa (Silja Line traffic)...
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    of Johnson Line, but at that time Silja Line's owners Johnson Line and Effoa merged into one company, EffJohn, and Silja Line's seal logo was moved from...
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  • Vaasanlaivat was sold to Rederi Ab Sally (most of their other operations passed to Effoa). 1986 saw the purchase of one of the longest operating ships on the Gulf...
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  • independent company in 1990 when it merged with the fellow Silja Line member to Effoa to form EffJohn. Flags Of The World History of the Johnson Line Maritime...
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  • of the new company was finishing the ordered craft. On 19 January 1990 Effoa's Silja Serenade was launched; it was the largest cruiseferry built in Finland...
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    UPM-Kymmene CEO, Göran J. Ehrnrooth (born 1934), Robert Ehrnrooth (born 1939) EFFOA-Suomen Höyrylaiva CEO and Elsa Margaretha Louise Fromond (born 1942). Casimir...
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  • cruiseferries in the following September. A new order followed in October, when Effoa ordered a 58,000 GT cruise ferry for Helsinki – Stockholm -route, including...
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  • (Rederi Ab Sally) Silja Line (Tallink, Estonia) Viking Line Wasa Line Defunct Effoa Jakob Lines Rederi Ab Sally RG Line Brittany Ferries (BAI Bretagne Angleterre...
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