TT-Line Pty. Ltd.

TT-Line Company

Type	Government enterprise
Industry	Transport
Founded	1 November 1993
Headquarters	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
Key people	Rene Hidding (Minister for Infrastructure) Bernard Dwyer (CEO) Michael Grainger (Chairman)
Products	Ferries, passenger transportation, freight transportation, holidays, business travel
Revenue	A$206 million (June 2015)
Net income	A$1.2 million (June 2015)
Number of employees	463 (June 2015)
Parent	Government of Tasmania
Website	www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/

TT-Line Company is a company operating ferries from Tasmania to mainland Australia since 1985. The company was separated from the Tasmanian Government's Department of Transport in 1993, becoming a government business enterprise wholly owned by the Government of Tasmania.

TT-Line (Tasmania) was formed in 1985 following the announcement that the Australian National Line (ANL) would no longer operate a service across Bass Strait with Empress of Australia.

After the cessation of ANL operations to Tasmania, the Tasmanian Government's Department of Transport began a replacement ferry service, purchasing the West German ferry Nils Holgersson (3) for $26 million. That amount was offset by a payment from the Australian federal government in compensation for placing the environmentally-sensitive Gordon River off-limits to Hydro Tasmania power generation schemes. The Nils Holgersson (3) was renamed Abel Tasman on 21 April 1985, and set sail for Australia, she arrived in Devonport on 20 June and began operating on 1 July 1985 from Melbourne's Station Pier.

In 1993 TT-Line Tasmania replaced the aging Abel Tasman with another ex TT-Line ferry. The new ship, Peter Pan (3), had replaced the former Nils Holgersson (3) (now Abel Tasman) on the Travemünde to Trelleborg route in Germany in 1986. The ship, which was delivered to Lloyd Werft shipyard in September 1993 and was renamed Spirit of Tasmania, cost the Government $150 million. The ferry left Germany on 5 October and arrived in Devonport 12 November.