Founded | 1988 |
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Defunct | 2001 |
Fate | Bankruptcy (2001) |
Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia |
Area served | Baltic Sea |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Parent | Estonian Shipping Company |
Website | www.estline.ee |
EstLine (sometimes abbreviated: Estline) was an Estonian-Swedish Shipping Line founded in 1990 which operated ferries between Stockholm, Sweden and Tallinn, Estonia. it was a company owned by both Nordström & Thulin and the Estonian Government.
She is best known for Sinking the Estonia during a storm, known to have claimed 852 lives. It would finally be dissolved in the year 2001, and its ships would be sold to Tallink.[1]