In the third quarter of this year, the shipping company Finnish Finnlines reported a similar increase in revenues to that of the previous quarter, having totaled a value of equal to 246.4 million euro, up +26.2% on the third quarter quarter of 2025. EBITDA increased sharply by +46.4% rising to 83.6 million and rising sharply were also operating profit and net profit, respectively of 60.9 million (+76.3%) and 58.3 million (+81.6%).

In the period July-September 2026, the ro-pax ships of the company, which is headed by the Neapolitan Grimaldi group, have transported 198 thousand trucks (+3%), 311 thousand tons of other goods (+8%) and 24 thousand cars not accompanying passengers (+71%). Down -3% passengers embarked on the ships of the fleet, down to about 382 thousand units.

"The third quarter - commented the president and CEO of Finnlines, Thomas Doepel - it was very positive for us. In addition to the excellent results of the summer season in the sector passengers, the improvements made to our services in the Sea of North, through increased capacity and frequency on the Belgium-Ireland route and the direct connection to Poland with the United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain, increased the volumes of significant contribution to our result final. We also recorded growth in the Baltic Sea, mainly driven by the increase in freight transport on the Finland-Sweden route and on the Finland-Poland route. Even the port activities have developed positively, contributing to this solid result".

"At the same time," Doepel continued, "there is still a structural volatility in the shipping sector. The geopolitical tensions and the ongoing supply constraints global energy sources have further accentuated the instability of the energy markets. This, combined with the full implementation of the EU ETS, the EU's emissions trading system, has the application of environmental surcharges without precedents for maritime transport'.