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Scandlines open direct ferry service between Liepaja and Travemunde

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 07.05.2010.Print version
With the entry of the ferry "Kaunas" into the port of Liepaja yesterday, Scandlines officially opened their direct ferry service between the west Latvian city and the port of Travamunde near Lubeck, Germany, LETA was informed by Liga Ratniece-Kadege, public relations expert for the Liepaja Special Economic Zone.

The company Ave Line previously operated on the route between November 2008 and December 2009, before suspending the service.

 

The ferry "Kaunas" will travel the Travemunde-Liepaja route twice a week, leaving Travemunde on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and returning from Liepaja on Thursday and Sunday mornings.

 

Scandlines GmbH is one of the largest ferry companies in Europe, formed in 1998 through a merger of the national ferry companies of Denmark and Germany.






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