On June 16, cruise ship Minerva carrying 330 passengers made her maiden call at Passenger port of Saint Petersburg, press center of Marine Facade says.
Minerva, which belongs to a British company Swan Hellenic, came to St. Petersburg during her first Baltic Sea cruise of 2015. The 16 day journey also includes Kalmar, Kiel, Copenhagen, Rønne, Stockholm, Tallinn and Helsinki.
Built in 1989, Minerva was initially designed to be a research vessel but later was bought by the Swan Hellenic cruise company. The ship is 133 meters long, fits 350 passengers and has a cruising speed of 14 knots.
The Disney Magic cruise ship of Disney Cruise Line (subdivision of Walt Disney Company) also called Passenger port of Saint Petersburg yesterday. After a four year break it was the second call of Disney Magic to Passenger port of Saint Petersburg in 2015. The ship is 300 meters long, has 11 decks and a cruising speed of 21,5 knots. Disney Magic was launched in 1998 and christened by Patricia Disney.
The city of St. Petersburg owned Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg «Marine Façade» PLC is the largest passenger seaport in Russia. Construction of Marine Façade started in 2006. The port is able to receive and accommodate cruise and ferry ships of up to 311 m long and with a draft of up to 9 m. The length and depth of new access channels is 10 km and 11 m, accordingly. The port operates seven piers. The passenger port's quay wall length is 2,171.06 m.