On August 8-14, Passenger Port St. Petersburg handled 12 cruise ships and 15,049 passengers, the port operator Marine Facade said.
The total stopover, berth time was 22 ship/day, total amount of operations per passenger was 83,819.
During the stopover 5 helicopters made landing / take-off at the port’s helipad. The passenger terminal handled 6 cruise ships, the maximum daily number.
PLC Passenger Port Saint-Petersburg Marine Facade is the largest passenger seaport in Russia and is owned by the City Government of St. Petersburg. Construction of Marine Facade 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. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)