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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Mariehamn |
| Products | Cruises |
| Website | http://www.birkacruises.com/ |
Birka Cruises (formerly Birka Line) was an Ålandian shipping company that operated a cruise ship on the Baltic Sea with Stockholm as the starting point under the name Birka Cruises. Birka Line has a cargo-shipping subsidiary, Birka Cargo. During the 1970s the company was often marketed as Ålandslinjen. Since May 2007 Birka Line has been a daughter company of Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö.[1]
In July 2020 Eckerö Line announced that it was shutting down its Birka Cruises subsidiary after 49 years of operation.[2]
- ^ YLE News - Birka Line becomes a daughter company of Eckerö, retrieved 30 May 2007 (in Finnish)
- ^ YLE News. 500+ lose jobs as 49-year-old Birka Cruises goes out of business, Tallink Silja cuts hundreds too. Retrieved 4 July 2020