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Passenger Port of St. Petersburg

Coordinates: 59°56′48″N 30°11′32″E / 59.94667°N 30.19222°E / 59.94667; 30.19222
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Passenger Port of St. Petersburg
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Location
CountryRussia
LocationSt. Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island
Coordinates59°56′48″N 30°11′32″E / 59.94667°N 30.19222°E / 59.94667; 30.19222
Details
OpenedJuly 28, 2007
Operated byGreat Port of Saint Petersburg
Owned byMarine Facade Management Company (builder)
Type of harbourPassenger sea terminus
No. of berths3
No. of wharfs7
No. of piers0
Statistics
Passenger traffic12,000 per day[1]
Website
www.postspb.ru

The Passenger Port of St. Petersburg (Russian: Пассажирский порт Санкт-Петербург) is a passenger port in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was completed on 27 May 2011 and was officially handed over to the city government.[2] It is located on reclaimed alluvial territories of the Marine Facade of Vasilevsky island fronting the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.

History

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The necessity for new passenger terminal was caused by the inability of the existing Marine Terminal to allow cruise ships longer than 200 meters. As a consequence, large passenger ships arrived in the commercial port of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the St. Petersburg administration proposed to build a modern complex for the reception of cruise ships. The corresponding government order to begin construction of the marine passenger terminal was signed in 2005 by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. In 2006, the Marine Facade Company built:

  • 35 hectares of reclaimed land
  • The technological channel on the water area of seaport for the building of moorings
  • Access technological road
  • The dividing dam

By July 28, 2007, the educational sailing vessel named Young Baltiets was moored at berth number seven.[3]

In 2008, two moorings, building the cruise terminal and coastal constructions necessary for work, were constructed and transferred in the summer.[1]

On September 10, 2008 the port accepted the first passenger cruise liner, a 16-deck Italian vessel named Costa Mediterranea.[1] In August of 2009, a hydrofoil line to Peterhof and the Winter Palace was started.[4]

In 2011, work on the passenger port was completed and the newly completed Marine Facade sea passenger port was officially handed over to the city government.[5]

Port building schedule[1]
Stage Year Harbor walls Note
1 2008 Two walls With complex necessary port structures
2 2009 Three walls
3 2010 Two walls

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Порт [Port] (in Russian). n Marine Facade Management Company official site. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. ^ http://www.passengerport-mf.spb.ru/en/
  3. ^ "News. 28.07.2007". Marine Facade Management Company official site. 2007-07-28. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  4. ^ "Морской фасад" связали с фонтанами Петродворца ["Sea facade" have connected with fountains of Petrodvorets]. City (in Russian). fontanka.ru. 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  5. ^ "Work Ends on Passenger Port | the St. Petersburg Times | the leading English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg". Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
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