Destination Gotland is a Swedish ferry-line that runs state-subsidised domestic ferries from

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and

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on the island of

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. It is a wholly owned daughter company of Rederi AB Gotland. The fleet consists of four high-speed

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ferries. The transport volumes to the island of

is more than 1.4 million passengers and 640,000

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s of freight per year. During the high season the frequency is up to 16 departures per day to between the mainland of

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and the island of

History

Destination Gotland was founded in 1998 and has since that served the routes

and

. Originally 75% of the company was owned by Rederi AB Gotland and 25% by

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. In January 1999

sold its share in the company to Rederi AB Gotland, who from then has been the sole owner of the company. At the same time Destination Gotland changed from using

s reservations system to the BOOKIT reservations system, which is now used for all their ferry reservations and ticketing. In the summer of 2007 Destination Gotland begun to run a service between the island of

and the island of

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. This service ceased in 2009. In August 2021 a new ferry company,

Hansa Destinations Hansa Destinations is a Swedish ferry line that runs ferries from Nynäshamn and Visby in Sweden to Rostock in Germany. It is a wholly owned daughter company of Rederi AB Gotland. The fleet consists of one ferry. Destinations *Gotland, *Nyn� ...

, was launched as a sister company to Destination Gotland within the Rederi AB Gotland group. The new company operates between Nynäshamn and

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in Germany, with some sailings stopping additionally in Visby. However, due to high fuel costs, Hansa Destinations have cancelled their services for 2023.https://hansadestinations.com/info/

Fleet

Current fleet

* * * * HSC Gotlandia II (2006) *

Past fleet

* * *

References

External links

Company website

Rederi AB Gotland, complete fleetlist (1865-)
* at Fakta om Fartyg

at Fakta om Fartyg {{in lang, sv
Link to Guangzhou Shipyard, builders of M/S Visby and M/S Gotland
Ferry companies of Sweden Companies based in Gotland County Transport companies established in 1998