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D-terminal (Tallinn)
The Old City Harbour () is the main passenger harbour in Tallinn, Estonia. Regular lines serve routes to Helsinki (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden) Overview Old City Harbour is one of the five ports within the state-owned company Port of Tallinn. It is one of the biggest and busiest passenger harbours in the world and also the biggest passenger harbour in Estonia. The port operates two passenger terminals (A and D), total length of its berths is 4.2 kilometres. Vessels with maximum length of 340 metres, 42 metres wide and draught of 10.7 m can enter the port. In 2019, the port served 10.64 million passengers. The port is operating 339-metre long quay intended for cruise ships. It was completed in spring of year 2004 and its cost at the time was over 80 million kroons. The number of the cruise passengers is increasing steadily, also by the implementing of turnarounds in cooperation with Tallinn Airport. In order to cope with that numbers and increasing size of the cruise ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Victoria I
MS ''Victoria I'' is a cruiseferry owned by AS Tallink Grupp. It was chartered by the Scottish Government to provide temporary accommodation to those fleeing the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The vessel was docked in the port of Leith, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ship, which was chartered until July 2023, had been providing people with accommodation until they secure somewhere to stay longer term. It took in its first Ukrainian residents in July 2022. On 1 August 2023 ''Victoria I'' arrived back in her home port at Tallinn and currently the vessel on service between Tallinn and Helsinki starting from 12 October. The ''Victoria I'' was formerly on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia via Mariehamn, Finland. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland, Rauma. Although the ship's official name is ''Victoria I'', she is often referred to as ''Victoria'', without the number. This is also the name displayed on top of her superstructure, whereas the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Baltic Queen
MS ''Baltic Queen'' is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonia-based ferry operator Tallink. The ship was built by the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland. Concept and construction Initially known under the project name ''Cruise 5'', ''Baltic Queen'' was ordered from (what was then) Aker Yards shipyard in Rauma, Finland in April 2007. She is a sister ship to , and and Tallink's fifth newbuilt cruiseferry. The ship's planned route was a mystery to the general public for a long time, until on 11 November 2008 Tallink revealed that she would be placed on the Tallinn–Stockholm service on completion. The ship was launched from drydock and officially named ''Baltic Queen'' on 5 December 2008. By this time the shipyard had been renamed STX Europe. Tallink took delivery of the ship on 16 April 2009. Service history ''Baltic Queen'' entered service on the Tallinn–Mariehamn–Stockholm route on 24 April 2009, replacing Tallink's first newbuilt ship , which was moved to the Riga–Stoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Silja Europa
MS ''Silja Europa'' is a cruiseferry constructed at Meyer Werft Germany for the Sweden, Swedish ferry operator Rederi AB Slite, a part of Viking Line. Architect Per Dockson. At 59,914 gross tonnage (GT), she is the largest ship commissioned for and to ever operate for Tallink Silja, and is the tenth-largest cruiseferry in the world. Just before she was due for delivery, Slite entered economic difficulties and could no longer afford the ship, so Meyer Werft kept her and she was soon chartered to Viking Line's rival, Silja Line. She was put on the Helsinki–Stockholm route, replacing MS Silja Serenade, MS ''Silja Serenade'' which was put to the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route, but the two ships swapped routes with each other again in 1995. History MS ''Silja Europa'' was commissioned by Rederi AB Slite and launched on 23 January 1993. As a result of the Sweden financial crisis 1990-1994, 1990-1994 Swedish financial crisis, the Swedish krona was floated in 1992 and consequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
