Chaykovskogo St.
16/18, St-Petersburg, Russia. Tel./fax: +7 812 7197656, +7 812
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M/V Princess Maria,
originally MS Finlandia, was built in 1981 by
Wärtsilä
company at the Perno shipyard in Turku, Finland for Silja Line company.
Was owned by DFDS Seaways as of late. MS Finlandia was the first big
modern ferry vessel built for Silja Line. At that time she also was also
considered the biggest in the world in terms of capacity, number of
berths and volume. Finlandia was initially made "fat" for taking the maximum number of vehicles on board, but this made the vessel extremely hard to sail, especially in the winter period. As a result, Finlandia was sent to docks in January 1982 (after eight months of service), to Perno shipyard in Turku, for giving her a more graceful shape. After the reconstruction at Wärtsilä shipyard in Turku additional cabins were built and restaurants were renovated. Finlandia's interiors were greatly reconstructed at the Wärtsilä shipyard in Helsinki in 1985.
In January-April 2000 MS Queen of Scandinavia was rebuilt in Gdynia, Poland. In June 2001 MS Queen of Scandinavia was transferred to Newcastle-IJmuiden route. In June 2007 MS Queen of Scandinavia changed its route to Newcastle-Stavanger-Bergen-Haugesund. In February 2009 MS Queen of Scandinavia was chartered and moved to Oskarshamn harbor, Sweden for being used as a living quarters for the workers. Since December 2009 the vessel is charted by the Danish police, relocated to Copenhagen.
Since 2010: The vessel was purchased by St. Peter Line company for
operating on a new route Helsinki-St. Prtersburg starting from April
2010. The new name of the vessel is Princess Maria.
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M/V Princess Maria Description |
Cabins description and photos |
St. Petersburg Harbour |
South Harbour, Helsinki |
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