Finnlines - Company Announcement

Finnlines purchases a ro-ro vessel

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-01-15 15:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Finnlines  Plc     
                                   Stock Exchange Release  15 January 2015 at
16:50 







FINNLINES PURCHASES A RO-RO VESSEL





Finnlines Plc has today signed the purchase agreement of a ro-ro vessel, which
was named MS Finnmerchant (ex MS Dorset, ex MS Longstone). 



This modern ro-ro vessel was built in 2003, has the ice class 1A,  2 606
lanemetres and gross tonnage of 23 235. The acquired ro-ro vessel will
complement Finnlines' liner services offered to the customers and strengthens
the competitiveness of the Finnlines fleet. 







Finnlines Plc







Tom Pippingsköld                   Tapani Voionmaa

CFO                                       Group General Counsel







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About Finnlines
Finnlines is a leading shipping operator of ro-ro and passenger services in the
Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Ltd and is a part of the Grimaldi Group, one of the world's largest operators
of ro-ro vessels and the largest operator of the Motorways of the Sea in Europe
for both passengers and freight. This affiliation enables Finnlines to offer
liner services to and from any destination in the Mediterranean, West Africa as
well as the Atlantic coast of both North and South America. 

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