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In 2017, the Port of Helsinki acquired a majority stake in the Port of Loviisa, situated some 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Helsinki. [6] The port is owned by the city of Helsinki and operated by Port of Helsinki Ltd. The current port traffic volumes and urban population categorize Helsinki as a Large-Port City [7]
Aerial view of Eteläsatama, Helsinki Eteläsatama seen from the south with Helsinki Cathedral visible in the background. South Harbour (Finnish: Eteläsatama, Swedish: Södra hamnen) is a bay and harbour area immediately next to the centre of the city of Helsinki, Finland. 4.7 million passengers in liner traffic and some 37 000 international cruise passengers travel through it every year.
Port Alternative name Region Passengers millions [a] Cargo million tons [b] Hamina-Kotka: Gulf of Finland: 15.1 Hanko: Gulf of Finland: 4.8 Helsinki: Gulf of Finland: 12.6: 14.6 Ingå: Gulf of Finland: 1.9 Jakobstad: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.1 Kaskinen: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.1 Kemi: Ajos: Gulf of Bothnia: 1.9 Kilpilahti: Sköldvik: Gulf of Finland: 21.4 ...
The Olympic pier was first used by cruise ships to Stockholm. [1] When the Olympia Terminal was completed in 1952, it was visited by over 90,000 passengers annually, but only in summer and autumn. Silja Line started all-year-round traffic from the Olympia Terminal to Stockholm in 1972 and regular traffic to Tallinn in 1995.
The fact that this route is so busy (a further 270,380 people flew between Tallinn Airport and Helsinki Airport in 2018) has led to calls for a Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel. Baltic routes are mostly served by new ships purpose-built for the routes. Older cruiseferries from the Baltic serve as ferries on other seas, or in some cases, as cruise ships.
Länsisatama is also the name of a subdivision of Helsinki, which encompasses a larger area than the harbour alone. The ship Carnival Luminosa in Hernesaari in 2012. The harbour area also includes the area of Hernesaari located east of Jätkäsaari, with three piers for international cruise ships on its western edge. [5]
The harbour, located in the suburb of Vuosaari in East Helsinki, handles goods traffic for the Greater Helsinki region, while passenger services remain in Helsinki city centre. Vuosaari Harbour has assumed the operations of two container harbours, West Harbour in the city centre and Sörnäinen Harbour , and will eventually also replace the oil ...
Jätkäsaari (Finnish: [ˈjætkæˌsɑːri]; Swedish: Busholmen) is a peninsula and a quarter in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It is part to the Kampinmalmi district and Länsisatama neighbourhood. [2] [3] [4] It was the site of the main container port in Helsinki until late 2008, when the harbour moved to the new facilities in Vuosaari.