On September 10, at 08:20, the first cruise liner, the Costa Mediterranea, will moor at the new marine passenger port on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg. It will bring some 2,000 tourists, press center of Management Company Marine Facade LLC announces.
The vessel is owned by Costa Crociere S.p.A., an Italian company based in Genoa. Costa Crociere S.p.A. is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, world leader in the cruise industry, and is a member of the prestigious World's Leading Cruise Lines, an association of the world's most important cruise companies.
Arrival of such a vessel to Russia’s first and only specialized passenger port will be a momentous event for a global tourism market giving an impulse to the development of cruise tourism.
MC Marine Facade implements two large-scale projects integrated into one known as Marine Facade: it will be the only modern marine passenger port in Russia located on a 476.7 hectare area constructed on reclaimed land. Marine Facade is located 6 km from the city’s historical center in the western part of Vasilievsky Island on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.