 In 1981, the company chartered MS "Wasa Star" from Rederi AB Gotland, bringing the first large ferry to the Gulf of Bothnia.Unfortunately there were not enough passengers to support such a large ship and she was laid up in autumn 1982, later subchartered to Karageorgios Line in Greece.In 1982 Enso-Gutzeit decided to bow out of the shipping business, and Vaasanlaivat was sold to Rederi Ab Sally (most of their other operations passed to Effoa).