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2015 July 29   15:55

Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) welcomed 11 cruise ships last week

Between July 20 and 26 of 2015 Passenger port of Saint Petersburg has received 11 cruise ships and 26 406 passengers. The total berth time of all the ships is 20 ship-days, total amount of passenger operations – 90 874. 

Services provided to ships: Fresh water bunkering – 901 m3, waste-water reception – 1 294 m3, garbage collection – 280 m3.

In the indicated period 5 helicopters have used the helipad of Passenger port of Saint Petersburg.

On July 21 six cruise ships were berthed at Passenger port of Saint Petersburg at the same time. The ships have brought 13 397 passengers to the city.

On July 24 M/S Regal Princess (Carnival Corporation & plc) brought 4 035 passengers on board which is the record amount of passengers came from the single ship throughout the history of Passenger port of Saint Petersburg.

Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg «Marine Façade» PLC is in the ownership of the city of St. Petersburg and is the largest passenger seaport in Russia. Construction of Marine Façade began in 2006. The port can accommodate cruise and ferry ships of up to 330 m long and with a draft of up to 8.8 m. The length and depth of new access channels - 10 km and 11 m, accordingly. The port operates seven piers. The quay-side length – 2,171.06 m.