title: Wallenius Lines
text: # Wallenius Lines
  
  Wallenius Lines is a privately owned Swedish shipping company. The company was founded in 1934 by Olof Wallenius. Wallenius Lines is an investor and active owner within the global shipping industry, specifically the international car and roll-on/roll-off segment.
  
  Wallenius Lines is fully owned by Rederi AB Soya and part of the Soya Group.
  
  ## History
  
  In the 1960s, Wallenius pioneered the RoRo concept, first on the North Atlantic trade and later on the Asian trade when Wallenius became the first independent shipping line to work with Japan’s automobile manufacturing industry.
  
  