The sale completed today gives a new lease of life to the 35 years old Baltic ro-ro.

SweOffshore was previously the charterer of the 18,345-gt Regina Baltica (built 1980) and has invested in converting and upgrading the vessel to meet the needs of the offshore market.

The Regina Baltica built in Finland by Wartsila began life as the Viking Song in the Sally Line fleet but has had a varied career trading for Fred Olsen, Estline and Trasmediterranea as well as spells in the Faroe Islands and helping repatriate Red Army troops from East Germany.

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