{"id":26900,"date":"2022-08-01T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=26900"},"modified":"2022-10-26T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:37:17","slug":"best-ever-quarter-for-wasaline-turnover-increased-by-165","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/best-ever-quarter-for-wasaline-turnover-increased-by-165\/","title":{"rendered":"Best ever quarter for Wasaline \u2013 Turnover increased by 165%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-l95o47hh-51182e638ccf7b1652f1aa7040dee57b avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-l95o47hh-51182e638ccf7b1652f1aa7040dee57b__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-1676 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1676\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aurora_Botnia-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='Aurora Botnia' alt='Aurora Botnia'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-26900'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6afmfzn-96a26fc475de28b3c4f51931f9e66bc2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aurora-Botnia.zip\">Download image (10Mb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>NLC Ferry Ab Oy\u00a0 \u00a0I\u00a0 Press Release\u00a0 I\u00a0 08-2022\u00a0 I\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>1.8.2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l6aflh9y-4dfd03ea1c2887bf6ad2fefe71cdfd47\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l6aflh9y-4dfd03ea1c2887bf6ad2fefe71cdfd47{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l6aflh9y-4dfd03ea1c2887bf6ad2fefe71cdfd47 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l6aflh9y-4dfd03ea1c2887bf6ad2fefe71cdfd47 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l6aflh9y-4dfd03ea1c2887bf6ad2fefe71cdfd47 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Best ever quarter for Wasaline \u2013 Turnover increased by 165%<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6afphpl-9dca877612b51af40f33b00e56c303d6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which continued with restrictions in January and February, Wasaline is moving towards a strong year with the new ferry Aurora Botnia, which met all expectations. The half-year volume with passengers increased 471% and in the second quarter the increase was 583%. Half-year turnover has increased by 132% and during the second quarter turnover increased by 165%.<\/p>\n<p>The cargo traffic has set records every month. Cargo units have increased by 14.3%.<\/p>\n<p>The half-year result is the best since the start of the traffic in 2013 and it demonstrates a strong positive financial result despite that for example the energy costs have increased by 81%. Aurora Botnia has operated 95 trips more than last year and the energy consumption has been about the same as on the previous ship Wasa Express, which proves what an exceptional vessel Aurora Botnia is as one of the most energy efficient passenger vessels built in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Despite all the challenges in the world situation with increased costs, I am looking forward to the autumn. July was an absolutely fantastic month and we set new records in all segments. The previous passenger record from 2019 was broken with almost 20,000 passengers and the booking situation for the autumn looks very promising. Our staff has been absolutely fantastic, and the passenger response has been very good,<\/em>&#8221; says Peter St\u00e5hlberg, Managing Director of Wasaline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I am happy to see that the cargo volumes in 2022 continue to increase. It is proof that we made the right decision to add more departures in the low season and that Wasaline has a very loyal freight customer base. Even though there are some uncertainties in the market, we at Wasaline have great confidence in the autumn of 2022 and the future that Aurora Botnia, which is one of the world&#8217;s most environmentally friendly Ropax vessels on the market, will continue to give us growth<\/em>&#8220;, continues Peter St\u00e5hlberg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We want to say a big thank you to all passengers and cargo customers. I also want to thank all the staff who <\/em><em>do an outstanding job on a daily basis<\/em>&#8220;, concludes Peter St\u00e5hlberg.<\/p>\n<p><em>More information:<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Peter St\u00e5hlberg, Managing Director, <a href=\"mailto:peter.stahlberg@wasaline.com\">peter.stahlberg@wasaline.com<\/a> phone: +358 40 5592353<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Tony Ehrs. Freight Director, <a href=\"mailto:tony.ehrs@wasaline.com\">tony.ehrs@wasaline.com<\/a> phone +358 40 7681747<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Wasaline<\/strong> is the northernmost shipping company that transports passengers and cargo daily between Vaasa, Finland and Ume\u00e5, Sweden. Wasaline\u2019s new vessel, Aurora Botnia, is the most environmentally friendly passenger ferry in the world. For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasaline.com\">www.wasaline.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[35],"portfolio_entries":[],"class_list":["post-26900","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-press-en"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 10:14:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/26900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/26900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27849,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/26900\/revisions\/27849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26900"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=26900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}