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Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 09:54
Sillamäe port wants more ship connections
Sillamäe port marketing director Andrei Birov said that the Sillamäe-Ust-Luga ferry route to transport trucks and cars that was launched 1.5 years ago has been a success, which is why the international logistics company ULS-Global Group is mulling also passenger transport.
Birov said that instead of re-launching the Sillamäe-Kotka ship line that operated a few years ago, they should take a step forward. "Our dream is to have a triangle that connects Sillamäe, Kotka and Ust-Luga. It wouldn’t be important just for the town of Sillamäe and Ida-Virumaa, but for Estonia as a whole since it would create a new logistical bridge between Estonia, Finland and Russia."
Birov said that the occupancy rate of the Sillamäe-Ust-Luga route has kept improving although mainly the trucks and trailers are transported in one direction, from Sillamäe to Ust-Luga.