SeaWind Line was a

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of the Finnish passenger shipping company

Silja Line Silja Line is a Finnish shipping company and cruiseferry brand owned and operated by the Estonian shipping company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink S ...

, later owned by the

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n company

Tallink Tallink () is an Estonian shipping company operating Baltic Sea cruiseferries and ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Sweden and Finland to Sweden. It is the largest passenger and cargo shipping company in the Baltic Sea region. It ...

. In 2010, the Sea Wind brand ceased to exist and the remaining ship, MS ''Sea Wind'', was transferred to Tallink colours. MS ''Sea Wind'' is dedicated to

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shipping only, operating also as a

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on the route

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. The ship is one of the most important carriers of railway carriages between Finland and Sweden. However, according to Tallink CEO Enn Pant, the company currently has little interest in continuing the train-ferry traffic, as transporting trains generates less income than transporting other cargo. SeaWind was founded in 1988 and started trafficking

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with MS ''Sea Wind'' on 21 April 1989. In order to keep tax-free sales on board after the EU changed its tax free legislation, a stop at Långnäs was added to the route in 1999. In September 2002, MS ''Öresund'' was chartered by SeaWind Line, renamed MS ''Sky Wind'' and put on the Stockholm–Turku route along with MS ''Sea Wind''. Between the years 2002 and 2005 SeaWind's MS ''Star Wind'' served on the route

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

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Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. In April 2005 SeaWind Line purchased M/S ''Sky Wind''. In May 2005 the Helsinki–Tallinn route was terminated and ''Star Wind'' was moved to the Stockholm–Turku route and soon sold to Saaremaa Shipping Company. In May 2007 ''Sky Wind'' was sold to the

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-based Unity Line and made its last trip for SeaWind Line in August 2007. Tallink Silja were negotiating for the purchase of the a ship to replace the ''Sky Wind'', but due to low demand the decision was made not to bring in a replacement.Turun Sanomat 16. 10. 2007: Enn Pant uskoo Galaxyn nostavan matkustajien määrää Turun-reitillä
retrieved 16. 10. 2007 In January 2008, SeaWind Line ceased carrying passenger traffic. Coinciding with this, the ship no longer called at Långnäs as tax-free sales were no longer needed on board.Tallink Silja official website: Aikataulut Turku–Tukholma
retrieved 26 October 2007

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