The newspaper met Mr. Pant right after the group‘s shareholders approved the purchase of Silja Line. He admits that today the situation seems to be rather hostile against Tallink. He explains that the Silja deal, which he says would not have taken place if Ain Hanschmidt had not been in Tallink, was reflected negatively in the media – every article brought out some bad aspect of the deal. But in reality, the size and turnover of Tallink together with Silja Line are now so big that western investment funds are literally running towards Tallink, Pant says.

In the autumn, Tallink is planning to organise a “roadshow” to introduce the company, attract new shareholders and raise the share price. It is not planning to open any new routes in the near future. The current routes are working well. Tallink is also neither planning to change its ships’ flags nor its crews. The rumour about Silja Line planning to buy new ships is also untrue, Pank said.