Port News

On 3rd June cruise ship Louis Aura belonging to the company «Louis Cruises» visited Passenger Port of St. Petersburg for the first time. As part of the cruise ship has already visited the ports of Ostend, Travem?nde, Gdansk, Tallinn, in St. Petersburg she will spend two days and then will go to Helsinki and Stockholm. 400 passengers arrived in Saint-Petersburg.

12 - deck vessel is 160 meters length with a seating capacity of 876 people was built in 1968 at the shipyard "AG Weser" in Bremerhaven. Flag of the vessel - Malta.

Cruise operator «Louis Cruises» has nearly eighty-year history of its development and was founded by the "father

Today, 26th May, Celebrity Infinity visited Passenger Port of St. Petersburg for the first time. Vessel belongs to the company «Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises». Within the 7 - day cruise ship visited the ports of Copenhagen, Tallinn, in Saint - Petersburg she will stay one day and then proceed to Helsinki and Stockholm. On board of the ship in Saint-Petersburg arrived 2150 passengers.

12 - Deck vessel 294 meters long with a capacity 2170 passengers was built in 2001 at the shipyard "Chantiers de L'Atlantique". Flag of the vessel – Republic of Malta.

Cruise operator «Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises» was founded in 1969 in N...

Today, 20th May cruise ship Azores, owned by the Portuguese company «Portuscale Cruises», called Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg for the first time. As part of the cruise ship has already visited the ports of Kiel, Gdynia, Klaipeda, Riga, Tallinn, in St. Petersburg she will spend two days and then will go to Helsinki and Stockholm. On board arrived 131 passengers.

It is noteworthy that the vessel prior to the acquisition by the «Portuscale Cruises» bore the name of Athena and had already called the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg in 2010-2012. In 2014 it passed the renovation at a shipyard in Marseilles and received a new name - Azores. The vessel is 160 meters long, max...

18th May was marked with an outstanding event in the life of the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg – calling of the largest throughout the Port’s navigation 330 - meter cruise ship Royal Princess, owned by the company «Carnival Corporation & plc».

Within the 11 - day cruise ship visited the ports of Warnemunde and Tallinn, in Saint-Petersburg will stay for two days and then will head to Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Aarhus. Quantity of passengers aboard - 3500.

Capacity of 19 - deck cruise ship is 4,200 people, port of registry - Bermuda. The ship was laid down in 2011 at the shipyard "Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani". In June 2013 Catherine Middl...

Today 17th May cruise ship Costa Classica, belonging to the company «Carnival Corporation & plc», for the first time called the Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg. In a 12 - day cruise ship has already visited the ports of Dunkirk, Copenhagen, Gdynia, will stay in Saint-Petersburg for two days, and then proceed to Tallinn, Stockholm and Amsterdam. On board of the ship in Saint-Petersburg arrived 997 passengers.

13 - deck vessel is 220 meters long with a capacity of 1680 people was built in 1991 at the shipyard "Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani", in 2001 it was refurbished. Flag vessel - Italy.

The company «Carnival Corporation & plc», which is the world's large...

13th May cruise vessel Legend of the Seas operated by the company "Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises" entered the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg for the first time. During her 7 day cruise motorship will visit the largest ports of the Baltic Sea: Copenhagen, Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm.

Cruise operator «Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises» has more than fourty-year history of its development and offers cruise tours in 270 cities in 72 countries on 6 continents.

Distinction of the Legend of the Seas is that this is the first class ship Vision, which features an excellent overview of the oceans from i

Representatives of the Passenger port of St. Petersburg "Marine façade" were welcomed on board the cruise ship Asuka II for the plaques exchange ceremony . The ship's captain, Mr. Nakamura gave a warm receptiobn and shared the main features of the cruise liner. The sides exchanged with plaques and expressed the wish to strengthen mutual relations and to increase the quantity of vessel's calls to the Passenger port of Saint-Petersburg.

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During her four-month round the world cruise, which began in the city of Yokohama, Japanese cruise liner Asuka II will have a maiden call to the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg 09th May. Until 2006, the liner was owned by the company «Crystal Cruises», named Crystal Harmony and registered under the flag of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. After being purchased by the company «NYK Cruises» she was refurbished, renamed to Asuka II and registered under the flag of Japan.

Maiden call of Asuka II in Passenger Port of St. Petersburg shows the interest to the ports of the Baltic Sea by the cruise lines of the Asia-Pacific region. Further cooperation of «NYK Cruises» and Passenge...

The joint meeting of representatives of the largest cruise company "Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises", FSUE "Rosmorport" and PLC "Passenger Port of St. Petersburg "Marine Fa?ade" was held at Cruise Shipping Miami 2014 exhibition.

Cruise line representatives noted that Passenger Port of St. Petersburg has received the highest scores among all ports in the Baltic region by passenger satisfaction, according to an annual survey of passengers carried in 2013. This result can be considered as a common achievement of port employees, tour operators and government staff.

Rating ports held by such parameters as general appeal for passengers satisfaction with serv...

The largest annual exhibition of cruise industry was held in Miami, March 11-13. PLC "Passenger Port of St. Petersburg "Marine façade" together with the FSI "Administration of the sea port "The Big Port of St. Petersburg ", FSUE "Rosmorport", Russian ferry line St. Peter Line, Saint-Petersburg Tourist Information Bureau, the Association of participants of the cruise market and the airport "Pulkovo" presented St. Petersburg to participants of the global cruise industry from the position of one of the most attractive cruise destinations in the Baltic sea.

Representatives of the city informed visitors about the possibilities of

Federal maritime and river transport agency decided to reduce Port dues for passenger cruise ships calling to St. Petersburg in "low seasons". Pursuant to this decision FSI "Administration of the sea port "The Big Port of St. Petersburg " and FSUE "Rosmorport" ordered to reduce Port dues by 50% for periods from January 15th to April  30th and from October 1st  to December 25th, 2014.

First ship which will be subject to this reduction is MS Discovery, calling to Passenger Port of St. Petersburg at April 26th, 2014.

We can also mention this will be the earliest call opening summer cruise navigations in our Port.

Reduction in Port dues is the result of a pro...