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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland[1] |
Area served | Northern Europe |
Key people | Margus Schults |
| Products | Ferries, port services, passenger transportation, freight transportation, holidays, business travel |
| Parent | AS Tallink Grupp |
| Website | www.tallinksilja.com |
Silja Line is a Finnish shipping company and cruiseferry brand owned and operated by the Estonian shipping company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden.
The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink Silja Oy—is, since 2006, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp, handling marketing and sales for Tallink and Silja Line brands in Finland as well as managing Tallink Silja's ship employees. Another subsidiary, Tallink Silja AB, handles marketing and sales in Sweden. Strategical corporate management is performed by Tallink Grupp which also own the ships.[2]
As of 2009, four ships service two routes under the Silja Line brand, transporting about three million passengers and 200,000 cars every year.[3] The Silja Line ships have a market share of around 50 percent on the two routes served.
The Silja Line logo features the text Silja Line and a figure of a seal.[4] Since 2014, the figure of the seal has been smiling.[5] The famous theme tune heard in Silja Line's television commercials comes from the tune "Un homme et une femme" ("A man and a woman") by the French film composer Francis Lai.[6]
- ^ tallinksilja.com
- ^ Tallink corporate structure Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009-01-12
- ^ Tallink annual report 2006/2007, retrieved 2008-09-08[permanent dead link]
- ^ Tallink Silja kiistää: Hylkeen hymyä ei hyydytetty, Taloussanomat 8 May 2012.
- ^ Lehdistötilaisuus m/s Silja Symphonylla 2.9.2014, Valkeat laivat 2 September 2014.
- ^ Leinonen, Pauliina: Tiesitkö, mistä Silja Linen ikimuistoinen tunnari on peräisin?, Ilta-Sanomat 19 May 2017. Accessed on 24 July 2022.