In connection with the expected increase in demand on the Virtsu-Kuivastu and Rohuküla-Heltermaa ferry lines in the following years, TS Laevad and the Estonian Road Administration (from 01.01.2021 merged into Transport Administration) on 30.04.2020 signed an annex to the public passenger service agreement for ordering additional voyages on the Virtsu-Kuivastu route in summer high-season periods of 2020-2026 and for evaluating the possibilities to serve the line with an environmentally friendly new ferry in 2023-2026. Please see more about it in the Tallinna Sadam stock exchange announcement.

In autumn 2020, TS Laevad announced a tender for the construction of the new ferry in accordance with the parameters and other conditions agreed with the Transport Administration and, based on the results of the tender, submitted a proposal of the additional service with the new ferry to the Transport Administration on 05.02.2021. As on 13.05.2021, the Transport Administration informed the company that they do not have the opportunity to order the new ferry in the previously agreed manner, TS Laevad rejects the best offer submitted for the tender for the construction of the new passenger ferry and will not order the ship.

On 13.05.2020, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications announced its intention to build the new ferry through the Transport Administration. The Transport Administration will order the ship with a public procurement and expects the ship to start servicing the Virtsu-Kuivastu line in the autumn of 2024. The operation of the ferry is planned to be transferred to TS Laevad according to the valid service agreement until the end of September 2026. In this case, the state will bear the costs of building the new ferry and in will purchase only the ferry operating service from TS Laevad.

TS Laevad services Virtsu-Kuivastu line with ferries PIRET and TOLL and Rohuküla-Heltermaa line with ferries LEIGER and TIIU. The company also owns replacement ferry REGULA.