Ave Line
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| Founded | 2000 |
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| Headquarters | Riga, Latvia |
Area served | Germany, Latvia |
| Services | Passenger transportation, Freight transportation |
| Website | www.ave.lv |
Ave Line is a Latvian shipping company that operates ferry services between Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany, and Riga, Latvia.
Ave Line was founded in 2000 and launched its first ferry service between Travemünde and Liepāja on November 21, 2008.[1]
The company initially operated with the chartered vessel Ave Liepaja (formerly Brave Merchant). At the end of 2008, a second ship, Ave Luebeck (formerly Dawn Merchant), was also chartered. However, before the Ave Luebeck reached the Baltic Sea,[2] the charter was canceled.
Following the expiration of the Ave Liepaja charter at the end of 2009, service was temporarily suspended for about four months. In April 2010, Ave Line introduced the Baltic Amber (formerly Borja) as the successor to Ave Liepaja. After Scandlines took over the Travemünde–Liepāja route, Ave Line shifted operations to the Latvian port of Ventspils before eventually moving its service to Riga.[3]
