On April 8 Stena Line introduced strategies to completely shut the ferryboat course in between Trelleborg as well asSassnitz The Company as well as the German Works Council have actually currently concurred as well as the course will certainly be shut completely. In complete, the closure as well as the reconstruction of the firm will certainly influence 130 German functioning settings.
“With a heavy heart, we have now made the decision to close the ferry route between Trelleborg and Sassnitz, one of the oldest ferry lines in Europe. Above all, it is sad for the employees who are affected, but also for the people on Rügen, where the traditional “Kings Line” suggested a great deal, “claims Niclas Mårtensson, Chief Executive Officer of Stena Line.
The ferryboat F/S Sassnitz, which was earlier running the course, is presently disabled in the Port of Uddevalla,Sweden The vessel will certainly be turned over to Stena RoRo as well as either be marketed or hired.
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“The situation in the past few weeks has put a lot of strain on all sides. The longstanding difficult economic situation due to the lack of freight traffic combined with the loss of a large number of passenger bookings as part of the corona pandemic left us with no other choice in order to secure our business in the long term. So it is all the more important for us to look ahead and work to make Stena Line come out of the crisis more effectively, ” claims Ron Gerlach, Trade Director as well as Managing Director Stena Line Germany.
Stena Line remains to run 2 RoPax ferryboat paths in between Sweden as well asGermany Trelleborg– Rostock with both vessel Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as Sk åne runs 40 separations each week. Gothenburg-Kiel with both vessels Stena Scandinavica as well as Stena Germanica runs 14 separations each week.
