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Restart of Helsinki - St.Petersburg service

St.Peter Line will restart visa-free service

St.Peter Line, a newly founded shipping company registered in the EU, announced a new scheduled service between Helsinki and St Petersburg in April 2010. St.Peter Line is to be the first ferry operator to offer visa-free travel between Finland and Russia since the Russian government extended a 72-hour visa waiver scheme from cruises to ferry traffic. MS Princess Maria, a former Silja Line vessel with a capacity of about 1,600 passengers and 400 cars, is to plough the route. There will be 3-4 weekly departures, sailing duration is 12 hours.
Finnish shipper Stella Naves ended its Helsinki-St Petersburg ferry service in 2008 before declaring insolvency.