Cruise ferry Silja Europa will start her traffic on Tallinn-Helsinki route from 13th of March, making 2 departures per day, announced AS Tallink Grupp. Company will continue operations on the route also with the other cruise ferry Baltic Queen and fast ferries Star and Superstar.
Silja Europa will depart from Länsiterminal, Helsinki at 9.00 in the morning, with the arrival to Tallinn at 13.00. From Tallinn, D-terminal the daily departures are scheduled to 18.30 with the arrival time in Helsinki at 23.00. The exeption is the schedule on Saturdays, when she will depart from Tallinn at 17.00 arriving in Helsinki 20.50, the departure time from Helsinki is the same with other weekdays at 09.00 am.
Silja Europa will have a wide range of renewed restaurants on board. There are bands and trubadours performing on various stages during the day. The shops, which include a perfume and cosmetics shop, accessories and clothes shop and classical supermarket, are opened during the trips. For families with children, a spacious children area is available. Additionally a beauty salon and sauna are located on board.
Altogether, there will be 14-16 departures per day on Tallinn-Helsinki route according to the seasons`s schedule of Tallink`s ships, being the most widest selection of departures among the operators of that line. During March and April she will replace also other ships of the route having planned maintenance dockings in March and April, such as fast ferry Superstar and cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
Silja Europa is built in 1993 in Germany. She is worlds one of the largest ro-ro ships by the number of cabins with the length of 202 meters, width of 33 meters and passenger capacity of over 3000 people. There are 6 different cabin classes available on board, as well as 5 restaurants, 2 bars and nightclubs, a beauty salon, sauna and 4 shops. She has the highest ice class of 1A Super and her maximum speed is 21.5 knots. Her car deck accommodates 932 lane meters of vehicles and cargo.