About us

Kvarken Link Oy

Kvarken Link is owned by Umeå Kommunföretag AB and the city of Vaasa, both of whom serve as guarantors of the financing.

Our mission

Our mission is to build the most environmentally friendly passenger ferry on Earth, that is reliable and fit for its purpose with a minimum of 50 % reduction of CO2.

The Ferry

The most environmentally friendly passenger ferry in the world. It will take 800 passengers and have a freight capacity of 1,500 lane meters. RMC in Rauma, Finland is building the vessel.

Kvarken Link Oy

We want to establish a long-term sustainable transport solution between Finland and Sweden, to the alternative of 800 km road-transport with an 80 km sea transport route. The vessel will be future ready to allow for upgrades and sustainability improvements.

History

The project started in 2012 when the City of Vaasa and the municipality of Umeå decided to found a shipping company together in order to ensure a reliable ferry connection between Vaasa and Umeå. NLC Ferry Ab Oy was founded and got the marketing name Wasaline with the aim to build a brand-new top of the line vessel in the near future. An old vessel built in 1981 was bought to operate the route.

Kvarken Link Ab was founded in 2015 and in 2019 Kvarken Link Oy was founded by the same owners, the city of Vaasa and the municipality of Umeå to secure the funding and to run the whole new build project. Today NLC Ferry is a subsidiary of Kvarken Link.