St. Peter Line
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Water transport |
| Founded | 2010 2016 as Moby SPL Limited |
| Headquarters | , |
Areas served | Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Russia |
| Services | Ferries Port services Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
| Owner | Moby SPL Limited |
| Website | stpeterline |
St. Peter Line is water transport company owned by Moby SPL Limited, a Maltese-registered shipping company,[1][2] which operated services from Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Stockholm and Tallinn. The company was founded in 2010 with it starting operations in April of that year. In December 2010, St. Peter Line acquired the cruiseferry named Pride of Bilbao from Irish Continental Group for €37.7m[3] for a new route between St Petersburg and Stockholm. Limited passenger services were run in 2018, but most of the 2019 programme was cancelled. With the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, the company's only vessel was assigned to special duties in the Kola River in Russia's Murmansk Oblast, providing emergency floating accommodation for workers in an area badly affected by COVID-19. In 2022 the ship was withdrawn because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, transferred to Moby Lines and sailed to Messina for refurbishment. She was set to return to service in the Mediterranean.[4] No information about opening up St. Peter Line again has been announced.
Routes
[edit]St. Peter Line operated two routes across the Gulf of Finland.
| Route | Frequency | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki – St. Petersburg – Helsinki | 2 crossings per week | 14 hours |
| Stockholm – (Helsinki) – St Petersburg – (Tallinn) – Stockholm | 1 crossing per week | 38 hours |
Fleet
[edit]Former vessels
[edit]| Ship | Built | In service | Tonnage1 | Status as of 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPL Princess Anastasia | 1986 | 2011-2022 | 37,799 GT | Now MS Moby Orli with Moby Lines | |
| MS Princess Maria | 1981 | 2010–2016 | 25,905 GT | Now MS Moby Dada with Moby Lines |
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact Information of the Controller". St. Peter Line. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Bottino, Francesco (19 December 2016). "Moby will be headquartered in Malta to operate in Russia". Ship2Shore. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Statement re sale of the ferry Bilbao" (PDF). Irish Continental Group. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ "News - MOBY SPL".
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "St. Peter Line' fleet at faktaomfartyg" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-31.
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