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The Port of Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin Satama, Swedish: Helsingfors Hamn) is one of the busiest passenger ports in Europe [5] and the main port for foreign trade in Finland. [ citation needed ] For passenger traffic, the port operates regular liner connections to destinations such as Tallinn , Stockholm , Saint Petersburg and Travemünde ...
Aerial view of Eteläsatama, Helsinki Eteläsatama seen from the south with Helsinki Cathedral visible in the background. South Harbour (Finnish: Eteläsatama, Swedish: Södra hamnen) is a bay and harbour area immediately next to the centre of the city of Helsinki, Finland. 4.7 million passengers in liner traffic and some 37 000 international cruise passengers travel through it every year.
Port Alternative name Region Passengers millions [a] Cargo million tons [b] Hamina-Kotka: Gulf of Finland: 15.1 Hanko: Gulf of Finland: 4.8 Helsinki: Gulf of Finland: 12.6: 14.6 Ingå: Gulf of Finland: 1.9 Jakobstad: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.1 Kaskinen: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.1 Kemi: Ajos: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.9 Kilpilahti: Sköldvik: Gulf of Finland: 21.4 ...
The fact that this route is so busy (a further 270,380 people flew between Tallinn Airport and Helsinki Airport in 2018) has led to calls for a Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel. Baltic routes are mostly served by new ships purpose-built for the routes. Older cruiseferries from the Baltic serve as ferries on other seas, or in some cases, as cruise ships.
Viking XPRS is Viking Line's first new building for the Helsinki–Tallinn route. She is the first newbuilding delivered to the company since MS Kalypso in 1990 and also Viking Line's first fast cruiseferry, with a building contract worth approximately 120–130 million euros. [10]
Katajanokka Terminal (Finnish: Katajanokan terminaali, Swedish: Skatuddens terminal) is a ferry terminal located in Katajanokka, in the Southern Harbor of Helsinki, Finland. The shipping company Viking Line operates scheduled services from the terminal to Stockholm and Tallinn .
The harbour is operated by the Port of Helsinki. It has two passenger terminals: West Terminal 1 (Finnish: Länsiterminaali 1, Swedish: Västra terminalen 1) and West Terminal 2, which opened in February 2017. West Terminal 1 is used mainly by passenger ships from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg.
The forward section of Baltic Princess at Helsinki New Shipyard, March 2007. The Baltic Princess was ordered as Tallink's fourth new cruiseliner in December 2005. [2] The purpose of the vessel was at the time undisclosed, but after Tallink's purchase of Silja Line in 2006 it was revealed that the ship would replace MS Galaxy on the Tallinn–Helsinki cruise route.