New shipping line to link St Petersburg with Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's largest port on the
Baltic Sea, St. Petersburg, is expanding cargo and passenger services to
Finland, Baltic countries and Scandinavia.
A new shipping line, Baltic Capitals, will be presented in St.
Petersburg on Thursday, August 4. The ferry Princess Anastasia will run
between St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Tallinn. Its route has
been amended to include the Finnish capital.
St. Peter Line operator company Director-General Igor Glukhov told
Itar-Tass that the new route will service both residents of St. Petersburg
and its guests.
The decision to include Helsinki in the route was prompted by big
popularity of the Finnish capital among Russian and foreign passengers.
Now tourists can take a four-day tour and visit major cities on the
Baltic coast.
Piers of St. Petersburg's new passenger terminal have been prepared
for the ferry. Some 374,000 passengers visited the new terminal in 2010.
This year, it plans to receive 630,000 guests, including 430,000 from
cruise ships and 200,000 from the ferry.
The port's coast infrastructure includes four terminals and seven
piers. The port can currently service 12,000-13,000 tourists a day. Once
commissioned in full, its capacity will increase to two million people
during a tourist season.