The company said it made EUR 172m ($235.6m) last year, before depreciation and special items, down 5.5% from 2012.

Revenue was EUR 505m, in line with 2012.

It recorded a growth in transport volumes in the freight segment, but the total car market on northern European ferry routes is declining, it added.

"The financial result is considered to be satisfactory," it said.

The figures for 2013 were 11m passengers, 2.5m