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We currently operate on the Turku-Stockholm and Helsinki-Stockholm routes between Finland and Sweden under the Silja Line brand. Turku-Stockholm The route between Turku and Stockholm is operated by Baltic Princess and Galaxy cruise vessels every day with a journey time of 21 hours for the complete round trip mini-cruise.

We are the leading provider of high-quality mini-cruise and passenger transport services in the northern Baltic Sea region, as well as the leading provider of ro-ro cargo services on selected routes. Our fleet of 15 vessels allows us to offer a wide range of services and frequent departures. As a result of our recent investment and fleet renewal program, we currently deploy some of the most advanced cruise ferries on the Baltic Sea with state-of-the-art facilities, improved accommodation possibilities, larger onboard shopping areas and high quality onboard services, setting a new benchmark for travel standards on the Baltic Sea. The company's vision is to be the market pioneer in Europe by offering excellence in leisure and business travel and sea transportation services. Our customer value proposal is to offer an enjoyable travel experience that exceeds customer expectations and makes them want to return.

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TALLINK-SILJA LINE (Ferries)

Year built	2022 new ship
Builder	RMC-Rauma Marine Constructions (Rauma, Finland)
Class	Tallink Shuttle cruiseferry (Ro-Pax ship)
Ferry route / homeports	Tallinn-Helsinki
Building cost	EUR 247 million (USD 280 million)
Owner	TALLINK Grupp
Operator	TALLINK-SILJA LINE
Speed	27 kn / 50 kph / 31 mph
Length (LOA)	212 m / 696 ft
Beam (width)	36 m / 118 ft
Gross Tonnage	49000 gt

Passengers	2800
Crew	300
Cars	150
Freight vehicles	250
Seats	300
Decks	12
Cabins	47
Decks with cabins	1
Sister-ships	Tallink Megastar
Christened by	tba

Tallink MySTAR ferry Review

Review of Tallink MySTAR ferry

MS Tallink MySTAR ferry is a Ro-Pax passenger vessel operated by the Estonia-based company TALLINK-SILJA LINE. The ship has a max capacity of 2800 passengers and 150 cars plus 250 trucks/trailers. The vessel is scheduled for launch in 2020-Q4 and to be operated on the Estonia-Finland ferry route Tallinn-Helsinki (crossing time 2 hours).

Cabins

As cruise ferry, MySTAR has 47 cabins (double and quads/max capacity 4 passengers), all located on Deck 10. All staterooms are air-conditioned, with en-suite bathrooms and are both inside and outside. The ferry company provides bed linens, towels, and toiletries. Some staterooms are wheelchair-accessible (adapted for disabled passengers). Cabins for passengers with allergies and passengers with pets are also available.

All cabins are with bunk beds (wall-mounted), mirrored vanity table (writing desk with stool), en-suite bathrooms (angled sink, wall-mounted toilet, shower cubicle, hairdryer). The boat additionally offers a total of 300 reclining seats (aircraft-type seats) available for pre-booking. The number of staff and crew cabins is 105.

All passengers must vacate their staterooms 30 min prior to homeport arrival. Passenger registration ends 1 hour prior to ferry departure.

Shipboard dining and entertainment options

As facilities, the SILJA MySTAR ship offers:

• The Chef's Kitchen (A La Carte Restaurant) is a sit-down eatery with an open kitchen.
• (Deck 9) Delight Buffet (Self-Service Restaurant) has a capacity of 400 seats and is located in the ship's forward section. Here are offered soft drinks, tea, coffee, wine, and beer, which are all included in the buffet meals price. Breakfast is offered only on morning departures. Swedish buffet is available on all day and evening departures. The buffet restaurant has several theme-food stations, including Grill, Cold Table (meats, seafood), Green Market (Salads), Warm Dishes, Desserts.
• (Deck 9) Fast Lane Restaurant allows passengers to create their own warm dishes and make fresh salads. There are also two chefs for made-to-order food, as well as ready-made options.
• (Deck 8) Burger King Restaurant offers fresh-baked burgers.
• (Deck 9) Victory Bar is a pub offering traditional favorites and beverages, cold snacks, warm sandwiches. The bar has large TVs (broadcasting live sports events), Game Room (paid games), PAF's (slot machines).
• (Deck 9) Sea Pub offers various drinks and classic snacks. The pub has a small stage for live performances by guest musicians.
• (Deck 9) Coffee & Co (Cafeteria / Patisserie / Coffee Bar) offers cold and warm beverages, light snacks (including fresh-baked pastries, yogurts, fruit smoothies, sweet crepes) and meals (made-to-order food and ready-made options). Coffee drinks are fresh-brewed (from freshly ground beans). The Cafe also has a separate takeaway desk.
• Business Lounge (capacity 170 seats) is an exclusive bar lounge for business-class passengers. It offers premium WIFI services, food catering (cold and warm dishes), beverages, newspapers.
• Comfort Lounge is a classy bar lounge serving non-alcoholic drinks, light snacks, WIFI, power outlets, large TV, newspapers.
• Sitting Lounge is a reserved seating lounge with comfortable reclining Pullman seats (4 chairs - 1 table configuration, like on airlines business class), large TV, luggage lockers.
• Drivers Lounge is an exclusive for truck drivers only seating lounge on Deck 11, which services are ferry ticket price-included.
• (Deck 9) Family Lounge with Kids Harbour / Children's Playroom (adjacent to Delight Buffet) is the ship's indoor playground area fitted with TV (for watching cartoons), Ball Pit Pool, craft tables. On each cruise, kids here meet the cartoon character Moomin and the SILJA LINE mascot Harri Hylje (Harry the Seal). Also here is the PlayStation Lounge (separate room for video games and arcade machines).
• (Deck 9) Beauty Salon offers professional services by certified cosmeticians, hairdressers and masseuses (face and body treatments, hair styling and coloring, manicure, pedicure). Reservations are required 24 hours prior departure.
• (Decks 7 and 8 aft) Traveller Superstore is a 2-deck shopping mall covering a total area of 2800 m2 (30,140 ft2). This is a duty-free shopping arcade with retail shops, boutiques, Deli, and convenience store. Here at tax-free prices are sold special occasion gifts and souvenirs, alcohol (brand spirits, wines), tobaccos, luxury-brand perfumes and cosmetics, jewelry, watches, sunglasses, leather goods, confectionery, fashion clothing and accessories, toys, electronics and gadgets, gourmet sweets, Deli handmade teas, and spices. Special offers (shopping promotions) are offered on each ferry crossing. Payments can be made in cash or via bank cards (VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard).
• Traveller Superstore has several entryways, plus a separate entrance from Garage Deck 7. All sale sections and the pre-order counter are on deck 7. The shop opens in the morning (before departure) and closes in the evening (after the last arrival). The shop is also closed while the ship is docked in ports.
• Lobby Shop (Deck 8) is a kiosk for smaller items, including packed food, drinks, magazines, newspapers, souvenirs. It is also where the collection game 'Collect and Save' prizes are sold.
• Conference Room (deck 9) has capacity 32 seats.
• (Lobby Deck 9) Wi-Fi service, ATM / cash machine (next to Information Desk / Reception). A nurse can be also reached via the Reception. Small lockers are available for valuables.
• Midship on the top deck (Heli Deck) there is a helipad - helicopter landing area used in cases of emergency.

All onboard emergency instructions are displayed in staterooms, on the TV screens and at the ship's assembly stations (aka muster stations). Life jackets are issued at the assembly stations. In case of emergency, the use of elevators/passenger lifts is forbidden.

TALLINK-SILJA LINE deals

• 2-day cruise deals ('Europa 22 hour') are offered only shuttle ferries with departures from Helsinki (embarkation 8 am) to Tallinn (disembarkation 12:10 pm on the next day).
• On all Tallink-Silja ships (excepting shuttle ferries) is available Room Service with a la carte priced special occasion gifts, sweets, and beverage menus. However, cabin services must be ordered 4 days prior departure.
• Onboard Conference Rooms are equipped with data projectors and white screens, and available for booking with group rates (extra charge pp). The room must be booked for at least 2 hours, and for a minimum of 10 persons. Catering (snack package or buffet meals, also refreshments) can be booked additionally.
• Smoking on the ship is prohibited in all cabins, restaurants, bars and lounges, corridors, elevators, stairwells. Smoking on the ship is allowed at designated areas and only on outdoor decks (look for 'Smoking Area' signs).
• 'Collect and Save' program is based on collecting stickers with onboard purchases (on all Tallink-Silja ships stores). The program allows purchasing of selected products at up to 57% discount prices. With every purchase (min value EUR 10), the passenger receives 1 sticker (to be glued inside a campaign folder). By the 'Collect and Save' campaign, passengers can buy different products after collected 10, 20 or 30 stickers. These products are handed out and paid at the Info Stand or at the ship's shops. The 'Collect and Save' offers are limited to a time period, or until select products are out of stock.
• 'Club One' is the company's loyalty program rewarding passengers traveling frequently with Tallink-Silja ferries. By the program are accrued bonus points - based on ferry tickets and onboard purchases), but also on Tallink Hotels rooms booked via Tallink-Silja. The program has 3 levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold) determined by the bonus points. Bonus points can be used for booking voyages, getting onboard shopping and dining discounts, Tallink Hotels (Tallinn and Riga) 10% discount plus benefits, Tallink Takso (Tallinn) 5% discount, Europark (Helsinki) 15% car parking discount.

Car decks

The Garage Deck is designed with separate for passenger and cargo vehicles areas. The loading is on 2 levels, with 2 entry and exit ways that can be used simultaneously for expedite loading and unloading.

The separate passenger car deck (capacity 150 cars) can be accessed also during the crossing. The garage also has direct access to Traveller Superstore's upper level, which allows purchased goods to be carried directly to the car.

Follows a list of car decks related safety procedures:

• Disabled passengers or those requiring specific assistance should visit the ship's Information Desk (open 24-hours).
• Apply handbrake and place the vehicle in park or 1st gear position. Switch off the ignition, alarm, electrical equipment, headlights. Gas cylinders, if any, must be switched off. Lock the vehicle.
• From your vehicle take only valuables and essential hand baggage.
• Make a note of your vehicle's location and garage deck number/stairway before leaving the car deck.
• Access to the ship's vehicle (cargo) decks during the voyage is prohibited.
• Smoking on vehicle decks, as well as in cabins and passenger lounges is forbidden.
• Wait for the onboard announcement before returning to your vehicle.
• In order to avoid air pollution, don't start the engine until instructed.

The shipowner Tallink (headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian shipping company that operates Baltic Sea cruise ferries and RoPax vessels with direct services connecting Estonia with Finland and Sweden. and Sweden with Finland and Latvia. Tallink-Silja current fleet includes the ships Baltic Princess, Baltic Queen, Silja Europa, Silja Galaxy, Silja Serenade, Silja Symphony, Tallink Isabelle, Tallink Megastar, Tallink MySTAR, Tallink Romantika, Tallink Star, Tallink Victoria.

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Other TALLINK-SILJA LINE cruise ships

• Baltic Princess ferry
• Baltic Queen ferry
• Silja Europa ferry
• Silja Galaxy ferry
• Silja Serenade ferry
• Silja Symphony ferry

• Tallink Isabelle ferry
• Tallink Megastar ferry
• Tallink Romantika ferry
• Tallink Star ferry
• Tallink Victoria I ferry

Tallink MySTAR ferry Wiki

The letter of intent for building the new cruiseferry was signed on October 18, 2018, between the shipowner (Tallink Grupp AS) and the shipbuilder (RMC-Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, Rauma Finland). The shipbuilding contract (NB6003) was signed on March 27, 2019, by Paavo Nogene (Tallink Grupp's CEO) and Jyrki Heinimaa (RMC's CEO). At Rauma Shipyard were also constructed the fleetmates Romantika (2002), Victoria 1 (2004), Baltic Princess (2008) and Baltic Queen (2009). The sistership Tallink Megastar was built at Meyer Werft's shipyard in Turku Finland. For the MySTAR shipbuilding project, RMC cooperated with Meyer Turku Shipyard to prefabricate some (a total of 8) of the vessel's blocks which were then shipped (barged) to Rauma Shipyard for assembly.

Vessel's financing scheme (building cost EUR 247 million) was 30% paid during construction and the remaining 70% financed via long term debt on delivery (OECD-term export credit loan with CIRR-based interest rate). In July 2019 was signed the EUR 197,6 million loan agreement between Tallink Superfast Ltd (Tallink Grupp's subsidiary) and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH (KfW Bankengruppe's subsidiary). The loan and the long-term financing were provided by KfW IPEX-Bank and 95% guaranteed by Finnvera Plc (Finnish state-owned financing company, Finland's official export credit agency).

On October 10, 2019, RMC contracted Deltamarin Oy (1990-founded company, subsidiary of AVIC International Maritime Holdings Ltd). The company Deltamarin specializes in ship design and offshore platform engineering and construction. The EUR 7,5 million deal was for providing the hull's design and supplying vessel's machinery and electrical systems during the construction period. On October 17, Deltamarin Oy signed with Merima Oy (company specializing in turnkey interior design for passenger ships) two contracts for designing the vessel's HVAC (heating-ventilation-air conditioning system) and interior public areas.

Cruise ship's name was officially announced on October 28, 2019. The name 'MySTAR' was proposed by Marietta Kahara (Finnish citizen) after TALLINK ran in summer 2019 an online competition that received 2800+ entries from around 30 different countries, but mostly from Scandinavia (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden).

In March 2018, Tallink Grupp contracted the Estonian company Eesti Gaas for the LNG bunkering of the ships MySTAR and Megastar while deployed for the Tallinn-Helsinki service. Since 2015, all passenger and cargo vessels on Baltic Sea routes (including ferries between Estonian Islands and mainland Europe) must use environmentally friendly fuels.

The Tallink ships MySTAR and Megastar (2017) are the biggest 'floating superstores' on Baltic Sea as each liner has a 2-deck shopping area of retail outlets with the self-service 'Q-shopping' option. When compared to Megastar, MySTAR has a larger passenger seating area, more crew cabins, bigger shoreside power capabilities, 30% larger LNG tanks (reducing in-port bunkering) and implemented Smart Car cargo deck technology (better optimizing vehicle loading-unloading).

In late-February 2020, the shipbuilder contracted Hoglund Marine Automation (Barkaker Norway-based company) to develop and deliver FGSS (Fuel Gas Supply Systems) for the MySTAR ship. For the project, Hoglund subcontracted West Welding Oy (Teuva Finland-based tank manufacturer) to design and supply the onboard LNG systems. The contract was signed by Jyrki Heinimaa (RMC's President and CEO) and Borge Nogva (Hoglund's CEO).

Vessel's construction officially started on April 6, 2020, with the traditional steel-cutting ceremony held at Rauma Shipyard. The special event was participated by Jyrki Heinimaa (RMC's President and CEO) and Paavo Nogene (Tallink Grupp's CEO). The keel-laying ceremony of the vessel (Rauma yard number NB6003) was held on September 20, 2020. During the event was laid the keel's first block (weight ~270 tons) and (traditionally) lucky coins (Euro coins emitted by Estonia and Finnland) were placed under the block.

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In late-April 2020, Tallink Grupp contracted 'dSign Vertti Kivi & Co' (Finnish interior design company) to design the ship's interior spaces. The deal was signed by Vertti Kivi and Peeter Kangro (Tallink Tallinn-Helsinki Route's Director, and MyStar Ship Project's Manager).

SILJA MySTAR ship technology

Vessel's hull is ice-strengthened (class 1A Super) which allows year-round operations on Baltic Sea routes with extreme ice conditions. Hull's shape was designed using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) tools. A total of 35 different forms were evaluated before choosing the best and most effective hull form.

MS MySTAR is Tallink's second LNG-powered ferry (following Megastar) that uses LNG (liquefied natural gas) as prime fuel and MDO (marine diesel oil) as secondary fuel.

The ship's powerplant consists of five MAN dual-fuel engines - three 12-cylinder (model 12V51-60DF, combined output 37,8 MW) plus two 6-cylinder (model L51-60DF, combined output 12 MW). The ferry's total power output is 49,8 MW. The propulsion system includes two Wartsila fixed-pitch propellers with twin propeller shafts. The )navigation systems are also from Wartsila, including the NACOS Platinum (integrated vessel control system). The rudders are from Becker Marine Systems.

The power generated by the main engines produces electricity that is used by the propulsion motors, as well as all auxiliary systems and hotel functions. This new maritime technology allows the engines to be started and stopped depending on the ship's current electricity demand, which additionally improves fuel efficiency.

When compared to traditional marine engines, in gas mode, the engines produce 1/4 less COx, 2/3 less NOx, zero SOx and no soot particles. The onboard LNG system consists of 2 bunker stations, 2 horizontal LNG storage tanks by Linde (cryogenic, vacuum-insulated, stainless steel, total gas volume 600 m3), double-walled bunkering lines, pipelines (acid-proof stainless steel), special pipe fittings, gas distribution system, steam boilers. All the ship's electrical equipment is certified 'explosion-proof'. The LNG is stored at temperatures -160 Celsius (-256 Fahrenheit) and under pressure 4-6 bars.

The Ro-Ro equipment (bow door, bow-stern doors, front-rampway doors, ramps, lifting platform, hatches, passenger doors, hydraulic power facilities) were all supplied by MacGregor. The company ABB supplied the vessel's power and electric propulsion systems, as well as the Octopus (smart energy management system). While mechanical propulsion is optimized for a single speed, the electric propulsion is based on rotating speed control resulting in energy efficiency at all speeds. The ABB propulsion also improves passenger comfort as the cruise liner runs much more quietly and smoothly. ABB's Octopus is the newest marine technology, allowing real-time monitoring of the vessel's energy (and fuel) consumption. Based on the collected data, the software suggests optimal performance recommendations.

The cruiseferry's cargo capacity is 3800 lanemeters.

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