The Scandlines shipping company

Today’s Scandlines shipping company was founded in 1998 through the merger of the largest national ferry companies in Germany and Denmark. Its predecessors established the first ferry service between Gedser in Denmark and Rostock/Warnemünde in 1903, and from 1909 also operated the so-called “Royal Line” between Sassnitz and Trelleborg in Sweden.Gedser and Rostock/Warnemünde, and from 1909 also operated the so-called “Royal Line” between Sassnitz and Trelleborg in Sweden.
Today, the Scandlines name is used to market two high-frequency, high-capacity ferry routes with a green vision for the future.
In 2021, Scandlines transported more than 3.6 million passengers, 950,000 cars and around 720,000 freight units on the Puttgarden-Rødby and Rostock-Gedser routes, making more than 38,000 crossings with seven ferries.
Opened in 1963, the Puttgarden–Rødby route is served by four ferries. The short crossing time of 45 minutes allows for departures every 30 minutes.
The crossing from Rostock to Gedser takes just under two hours, with nine departures available each day.
As part of its “From hybrid to emission-free ferries” green agenda, Scandlines converted the ferry “Prinsesse Benedikte” on the Puttgarden–Rødby route to a hybrid ferry in 2013. The other three ferries operating on the route followed in 2014. In 2016, the two hybrid ferries “Berlin” and “Copenhagen” entered service on the Rostock–Gedser route, bringing the number of Scandlines vessels with this propulsion system to six out of seven. In addition, the “Copenhagen” (2020) and the “Berlin” (2022) were fitted with rotor sails.
How a hybrid ferry works: The ferries are powered by a hybrid system combining a conventional diesel engine with electric battery propulsion. This can reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 15%.

Contact:
Scandlines Deutschland GmbH
Drehbahn 7
20354 Hamburg
Germany
Tel.: (040) 360 91 91 91
information@scandlines.com
www.scandlines.de