{"id":49547,"date":"2024-01-09T12:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T10:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=49547"},"modified":"2024-01-09T12:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T10:15:02","slug":"record-breaking-passenger-volumes-for-wasaline-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/record-breaking-passenger-volumes-for-wasaline-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking passenger volumes for Wasaline in 2023"},"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-lr66ty7q-32856414fe16d2c269731700a1e0e8f2 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-lr66ty7q-32856414fe16d2c269731700a1e0e8f2__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-49510 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-49510\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aurorabotnia-wintertraffic-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='aurorabotnia-wintertraffic' alt='Aurora Botnia in icy conditions'  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-49547'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6aewwqy-e87798acd43b57c181c2ea31797ef721 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Download press photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aurorabotnia-wintertraffic.jpg\">Aurora Botnia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>NLC Ferry Ab Oy\u00a0 \u00a0I\u00a0 Press release\u00a0 I\u00a0 9.1.2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l6aewat0-9c7babe881b6a45c28865031c63043d5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9c7babe881b6a45c28865031c63043d5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9c7babe881b6a45c28865031c63043d5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l6aewat0-9c7babe881b6a45c28865031c63043d5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l6aewat0-9c7babe881b6a45c28865031c63043d5 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Record-breaking passenger volumes for Wasaline in 2023<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l6aezupc-0648ef33c7f6a68f1e9427e5ac7bacd9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>The passenger volumes of Wasaline continue to grow. In 2023 the shipping company transported 279\u00a0590 passengers between Vaasa, Finland and Ume\u00e5, Sweden. Passenger volume is up 4.4 percent from the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The amount of passenger vehicles transported increased by 14.3 percent from 55\u00a0661 to 63\u00a0647 vehicles \u2013 a historical record for the shipping company that started operations in 2013. The number of transported buses increased by 11.6 percent and the number of departures by 2.7 percent from 1 133 to 1 164 departures.<\/p>\n<p>Amount of transported cargo units decreased by 5.9 percent, mostly due to the ending of traffic to and from Russia. The volume of imported paper has decreased due to lower demand. Export from Finland has remained approximately at the same level.<\/p>\n<p>Turnover for Wasaline stayed the same compared to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can clearly see how both our passengers and freight customers appreciate the ongoing efforts to minimize the environmental footprint of our operations. In 2023 we were able to further reduce the CO2 emissions of Aurora Botnia, the world\u2019s most environmentally friendly ferry, by 23 percent\u201d, states <strong>Peter St\u00e5hlberg<\/strong>, Managing Director of Wasaline.<\/p>\n<p>Wasaline expects the first two quarters of 2024 to be difficult for both passenger and freight services due to the current economic downturn. The shipping company is closely monitoring the ice conditions in the Kvarken strait and is prepared to reduce the frequency of departures during the first quarter if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, I would like to thank all our loyal freight customers and passengers. I would also like to thank our personnel who are doing an outstanding job in keeping this route, which is vital to Finland\u2019s security of supply, running flawlessly every day\u201d, St\u00e5hlberg concludes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter St\u00e5hlberg, Managing Director, Wasaline<br \/>\npeter.stahlberg@wasaline.com, +358 40 559 2353<\/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":49510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[35],"portfolio_entries":[],"class_list":["post-49547","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-press-en"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 10:41:35","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\/49547","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=49547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/49547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49568,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/49547\/revisions\/49568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49547"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasaline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=49547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}