St. Petersburg passenger port handles 9 cruise ships and 15,956 passengers in a week
Passenger Port St. Petersburg between August 15 and 21 handled 9 cruise ships and 15,956 passengers. The total stopover time was 16 ship/day, number of handled passengers was 83,819, the port operator Marine Façade said.
Services provided to ships:
Potable water supplied – 1,183 m3
Ship-generated garbage collected – 100 m3.
During the stopover 5 helicopters made landing / take-off at the port's helipad.
On August 17 the passenger terminal handled 5 cruise ships, the maximum daily number.
PLC Passenger Port Saint-Petersburg Marine Façade is largest passenger seaport in Russia and is in ownership of the City Government of St. Petersburg. Construction of Marine Façade began in 2006. Today the facility can accommodate cruise and ferry ships with length of 330 meters and draft of up to 8.8 meters. The length and depth of new access channels is 10 km, 11 m, accordingly. The port has seven piers. The quay-side length reaches 2,171.06 meters.
