Scandlines has chartered the Italian-flagged ropax vessel Scottish Viking in order to increase capacity on the Nynäshamn–Ventspils service as from January 2011. The 2009-built Scottish Viking has a capacity of 2,250 lane metres and 489 passengers. The vessel will replace the Danish-flagged Ask, which returns to the Travemünde–Liepaja service.
“We have a growth on our Baltic destinations and therefore we want to meet the demand in the area”, says Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, Chief Operating Officer at Scandlines.
The ropax vessel Ask replaces the chartered ropax Kaunas on the Travemünde–Liepaja service. Kaunas will be redelivered to the owner, which is DFDS Lisco. Scottish Viking comes from a long-term timecharter for Norfolkline running from Zeebrügge to Rosyth in Scotland.
“We have a growth on our Baltic destinations and therefore we want to meet the demand in the area”, says Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, Chief Operating Officer at Scandlines.
The ropax vessel Ask replaces the chartered ropax Kaunas on the Travemünde–Liepaja service. Kaunas will be redelivered to the owner, which is DFDS Lisco. Scottish Viking comes from a long-term timecharter for Norfolkline running from Zeebrügge to Rosyth in Scotland.