Passenger Port of St. Petersburg
Passenger Port of St. Petersburg | |
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Big port Saint Petersburg | |
Owned by | Marine Facade Management Company (builder) |
Type of harbour | Passenger Sea Terminus |
No. of berths | 3 |
No. of wharfs | 7 |
No. of piers | 0 |
Statistics | |
Passenger traffic | 12,000 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
The necessity of building a new passenger terminal was caused by the inability of the existing Marine Terminal for cruise ships longer than 200 meters. As a consequence, large passenger ships arrived in the commercial port of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
. In 2006 Marine facade Company has built:
- 35 hectares of reclaimed land;
- The technological channel on water area of seaport for building of moorings;
- Access technological road;
- The dividing dam.
By July 2007, 28th the educational sailing vessel named "
Costa Mediterranea".[1] In 2009, On August a hydrofoil line to Peterhof and 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]
Stage | Year | Harbor walls | Note |
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1 | 2008 | Two walls | With a complex necessary port structures |
2 | 2009 | Three walls | |
3 | 2010 | Two walls |
References
- ^ a b c d Порт [Port] (in Russian). n Marine Facade Management Company Official Cite. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ http://www.passengerport-mf.spb.ru/en/
- ^ "News. 28.07.2007". Marine Facade Management Company Official Cite. 2007-07-28. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.