{"id":32080,"date":"2023-01-10T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=32080"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:15:35","slug":"record-year-for-wasaline-strong-growth-continues-in-all-segments","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/record-year-for-wasaline-strong-growth-continues-in-all-segments\/","title":{"rendered":"Record year for Wasaline &#8211; Strong growth continues in all segments"},"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-lb0sx6j6-bde9ba53481d2c2b104be9bc1e9421d2 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-lb0sx6j6-bde9ba53481d2c2b104be9bc1e9421d2__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-30122 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-30122\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aurorabotnia-winter2-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='aurorabotnia-winter2' alt='Aurora Botnia - winter'  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-32080'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6aewwqy-20413adf8394dbc5be2624fc343a3381 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Download images: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aurorabotnia-winter2.jpg\">Aurora Botnia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Peter-Stahlberg.jpg\">Peter St\u00e5hlberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>NLC Ferry Ab Oy\u00a0 \u00a0I\u00a0 Press release\u00a0 I\u00a0 10.1.2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l6aewat0-9f7a40bf6e281a29d7d86805528c0695\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9f7a40bf6e281a29d7d86805528c0695{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9f7a40bf6e281a29d7d86805528c0695 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9f7a40bf6e281a29d7d86805528c0695 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l6aewat0-9f7a40bf6e281a29d7d86805528c0695 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\"  >Record year for Wasaline &#8211; Strong growth continues in all segments<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6aezupc-910830c4d7c797837f00491f5ec13277 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Wasaline carried 267\u00a0757 passengers (107\u00a0659 in 2021) between Vaasa and Ume\u00e5 in 2022. Passenger volume increased by 149 percent despite Covid-19 travel restrictions being in place until March. After the restrictions were lifted Wasaline has broken passenger records every month.<\/p>\n<p>The departures of Aurora Botnia increased by 14 percent from 990 to 1\u00a0133 departures. The amount of passenger vehicles transported increased by 126 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Wasaline\u2019s freight services also broke existing records. Transportation of cargo increased by 4.4 percent when measured in cargo units. The increase in tonnes was 11.5 %. The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in February caused the price of energy to dramatically increase. Also, as the year progressed, market uncertainty grew and started to impact the demand for freight services.<\/p>\n<p>Turnover for Wasaline increased by 78.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith our Aurora Botnia, the most environmentally friendly passenger ferry in the world, I am expecting further growth in passenger and freight volumes. We can clearly see how both our passengers and cargo customers appreciate the ongoing efforts to minimize the environmental footprint of our operations. In 2022 we were able to reduce energy consumption by 21 % per trip and our CO2-emissions by 19.6 %\u201d, states <strong>Peter St\u00e5hlberg<\/strong>, Managing Director of Wasaline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strong market position enables us to stay in the forefront and implement new innovations that benefit the environment. We hope that the preconditions to operate this route stay the same and that Finland doesn\u2019t allow exceptions to emissions trading for shipping in the Baltic Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, I would like to thank all our freight customers and passengers. I would also like to thank our personnel who are doing an outstanding job for keeping the costs down and keeping this route, which is vital to Finland\u2019s security of supply, running flawlessly every day\u201d, St\u00e5hlberg concludes.<\/p>\n<h3>For more information, contact:<\/h3>\n<p>Managing Director Peter St\u00e5hlberg<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:peter.stahlberg@wasaline.com\">peter.stahlberg@wasaline.com<\/a>, tel. +358 40\u00a0559 2353<\/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. The Key Flag has been awarded to Aurora Botnia as a recognition of Finnish work.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-lcpvj5bu-2420de295a01ebe90f041eebb5e4313d-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/about-us\/press-room\/press-releases\/'  class='avia-button av-lcpvj5bu-2420de295a01ebe90f041eebb5e4313d av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-medium avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"All press releases\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >All press releases<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[35],"portfolio_entries":[],"class_list":["post-32080","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-press-en"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 04:05:33","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\/32080","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32080"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/32080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33682,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/32080\/revisions\/33682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32080"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=32080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}