Tallink Received the New Cruise Ferry

10.07.2008 (17:56)

AS Tallink Group subsidiary Tallink Fast Ltd. received the delivery of the new cruise ferry Baltic Princess from Aker Yards OY shipyard in Helsinki.

The 212 metres long M/S Baltic Princess has capacity for 2800 passengers and 1130 lane metres cardeck for the vehicles. The cruise ferry has 927 cabins, 12 restaurants and bars, three shops and a conference center for more than 450 people, the company annouced.

The EUR 165 million project was financed by a loan of EUR 132 mln from the bank syndicate of HSH Nordbank, Nordea Bank, SEB and European Investment Bank.

M/S Baltic Princess will begin operating on July 15 on Tallinn-Helsinki route and will replace Tallink's previous newest cruise ferry M/S Galaxy which will be re-routed to Turku-Stockholm service.

M/S Baltic Princess is the sixth new delivery for AS Tallink Group in the last six years, Baltic Business News reports.