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Tallinna Sadam concludes contracts for ferryboats

BC, Tallinn, 31.10.2014.Print version
Estonian state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam concluded contracts with shipyards Remontowa Shipbuilding and Sefine Shipyard for building four new ferries for the routes between the Estonian mainland and biggest islands; each shipyard will build two ferries, LETA/Postimees Online reports.

The four new ferries will be built in Gdansk, Poland, and Altinova/Yalova, Turkey. The ferries will be 114 meters long and can accommodate up to 150 cars. There are 600 passenger seats equipped with rescue means on board the ships. The new ships are designed by Norwegian company LMG Marin.

 

"The contracts provide certainty to all the people of Estonia that starting the autumn of 2016, high-quality connection between the big islands and the mainland with new ferryboats corresponding to modern requirements is guaranteed," said AS Tallinna Sadam Council Chairman Remo Holsmer.

 

The Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications announced on October 14 that the best bid at the procurement for operating the ferry service at the mainland-Saaremaa and mainland-Hiiumaa island routes was made by the state-owned port operator company AS Tallinna Sadam's (Port of Tallinn) subsidiaries OÜ TS Laevad and OÜ TS Shipping. The state concludes a contract with Tallinna Sadam for ten years.

 

The public transport contract with current operator Väinamere Liinid OÜ for operating the mainland-islands connections was concluded in 2006 and is valid till September 30, 2016.






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