The Passenger Port of St. Petersburg (russian: Пассажирский порт Санкт-Петербург) is a passenger
port
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in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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. It was completed on 27 May 2011 and was officially handed over to the
city government. It is located on reclaimed alluvial territories of the
Marine Facade of Vasilevsky island fronting the
Gulf of Finland on the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
.
History
The necessity of building a new passenger terminal was caused by the inability of the existing Marine Terminal for cruise ships longer than 200 meters. As a consequence, large passenger ships arrived in the commercial port of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the
St. Petersburg administration has proposed to build a modern complex for the reception of cruise ships. The corresponding
government order to begin construction of the marine passenger terminal was signed in 2005,
Russian Prime Minister
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Mikhail Fradkov. In 2006 Marine facade Company has built:
* 35 hectares of reclaimed land;
* The technological channel on water area of seaport for building of moorings;
* Access technological road;
* The dividing dam.
By July 2007, 28th the educational sailing vessel named "
Young Baltiets" was moored at berth number seven. In 2008 two moorings, building the cruise terminal and coastal constructions necessary for work are constructed and transferred in the summer.
On September, 10th, 2008 the port accepted the first
passenger cruise liner a 16-deck Italian vessel named "
Costa Mediterranea".
In 2009, On August a
hydrofoil line to
Peterhof and
Winter Palace
The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now ...
was started.
In 2011 work on the passenger port was completed and the newly completed Marine Facade sea passenger port was officially handed over to the city government.
References
{{Ports of Russia
Gulf of Finland
Ports and harbours of Russia