Old City Harbour#A-terminal
{{Short description|Port in Tallinn, Estonia}}
{{Infobox port
| name = Old City Harbour
(Vanasadam)
| image = Old City Harbour, Tallinn.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Old City Harbour, Tallinn, Estonia
| country = Estonia
| location = Tallinn
| coordinates = {{coord|59|26|40|N|24|46|00|E|dim:3000_region:EE|display=inline,title}}
| opened =
| operated = Port of Tallinn
| owner =
| type = passenger harbour, cruise harbour, marina
| sizewater = 75.9 ha (aquatory)
| sizeland = 52.9 ha
| size =
| berths =
| wharfs =
| piers = 27
| employees =
| arrivals =
| cargotonnage =
| containervolume =
| cargovalue =
| passengertraffic = 7.75 million passengers (2023)
| website = http://www.portoftallinn.com/old-city-harbour
}}
The Old City Harbour ({{langx|et|Vanasadam}}) is the main passenger harbour in Tallinn, Estonia. Regular lines serve routes to Helsinki (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden)
Overview
Old City Harbour is one of the five ports within the state-owned company Port of Tallinn. It is one of the biggest and busiest passenger harbours in the world and also the biggest passenger harbour in Estonia.{{cite news |title=Helsinki set to become world's busiest sea passenger port |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/helsinki_set_to_become_worlds_busiest_sea_passenger_port/9755652 |publisher=Yle.fi |date=3 August 2017 |accessdate=17 January 2018}} The port operates two passenger terminals (A and D), total length of its berths is 4.2 kilometres. Vessels with maximum length of 340 metres, 42 metres wide and draught of 10.7 m can enter the port.{{cite news |title=In 2013 Port of Tallinn served record number of passengers, cargo handling declined slightly |url=http://www.portoftallinn.com/news?art=410 |date= 6 January 2014 |accessdate= 7 March 2014}}{{cite news |title=New cruise ship quay was opened in Port of Tallinn on Saturday |url=http://www.portoftallinn.com/news?art=450 |date= 16 May 2014 |accessdate= 23 July 2014}} In 2019, the port served 10.64 million passengers.
File:MSC Poesia Vision of the Seas & Mein Schiff 2 in Tallinn 13 June 2012.JPG
The port is operating 339-metre long quay intended for cruise ships. It was completed in spring of year 2004 and its cost at the time was over 80 million kroons. The number of the cruise passengers is increasing steadily, also by the implementing of turnarounds in cooperation with Tallinn Airport. In order to cope with that numbers and increasing size of the cruise ships arriving in Tallinn, Port of Tallinn started in May 2013 the construction of the new quay next to the existing cruise ships quay in the Old City harbour. The total length of the quay built by the Estonian branch of BMGS is 421 metres. With the new quay, the Port of Tallinn is able to moor cruise ships up to 340 metres in length, up to 42 metres in width, and with the draft of up to nine metres. The total cost of the project was 9.34 million euros.
Also Old City Marina - a new marina for recreational vessels established in 2010 - is a part of Tallinn's Old City Harbour.
On 29 September 2017 at the EU Digital Summit in Tallinn, a partnership of Ericsson, Intel and Telia Estonia announced that they had implemented the first live public 5G network in Europe at the Tallinn Passenger Port to connect with Tallink cruise ships at the port.{{cite web|url= https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2017/9/5g-goes-live-in-the-port-of-tallinn |title= 5G goes live in the Port of Tallinn|publisher= Ericsson|date= 29 September 2017|access-date= 19 April 2020}}
Terminals
=A-terminal=
File:Passenger Terminal A in Tallinn.jpg
Shipping companies Eckerö Line and Viking Line operate scheduled services from A-terminal to Helsinki.{{cite web|title=A-terminal - Tallinna Sadam|url=https://www.ts.ee/a-terminal/|accessdate=11 September 2023}}{{cite web|title=Tallinna Reisisadam, A-terminal|url=https://www.vikingline.ee/iseteenindus/hea-teada/sadamad/tallinn/|accessdate=12 September 2023}}{{cite web|title=Pääs Tallinna Reisisadamasse|url=https://www.eckeroline.ee/paas-tallinna-reisisadamasse|accessdate=12 September 2023}} The A-terminal and the old B-terminal are connected to each other to provide more efficient passenger flow.{{cite web|title=Vanasadamas avati uuenenud B-terminal|url=https://www.postimees.ee/223685/vanasadamas-avati-uuenenud-b-terminal|date=11 February 2010|accessdate=12 September 2023}}
Terminal is served by bus line nr. 2
Ships serving the terminal are:
| class="wikitable"
! Company ! Ship ! Route |
| {{flag icon|Finland}} Eckerö Line
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
| rowspan="2"| {{flag icon|Finland}} Viking Line
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
| MS Viking Cinderella / MS Gabriella (during the summer season)
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
=D-terminal=
The shipping company Tallink operates scheduled services from D-terminal to Stockholm and Helsinki.{{cite web|title=D-terminal - Tallinna Sadam|url=https://www.ts.ee/d-terminal/|accessdate=11 September 2023}}{{cite web|title=Tallinn D-Terminal|url=https://en.tallink.com/tallinn-d-terminal|accessdate=11 September 2023}} Over 6 million passengers travel through this ferry terminal annually. The terminal building was renovated in 2020 and the cost was 18.5 million euros.{{cite web|title=Tallinna Sadam avab renoveeritud D-terminali|url=https://uudised.tv3.ee/eesti/uudis/2020/07/31/tallinna-sadam-avab-renoveeritud-d-terminali/|accessdate=11 September 2023}}
File:Silegna leaving Tallinn 14 June 2023.jpg
The terminal is served by bus lines 20, 20A and 66
Ships serving the terminal include:
| class="wikitable"
! Company ! Ship ! Route |
| rowspan="5"| {{flag icon|Estonia}} Tallink
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
| MS MyStar
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
| MS Silja Europa
| Tallinn – Helsinki |
| MS Baltic Queen
| Tallinn – Mariehamn – Stockholm |
| MS Victoria I
| Tallinn – Mariehamn – Stockholm |
Carriers and destinations
= Regular carriers =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Carriers !Destinations !Terminal |
| Eckerö Line
|A{{Cite web|url=https://www.ts.ee/en/a-terminal/|title = Terminal A}} |
| Tallink
|Helsinki, Mariehamn, Stockholm |D{{Cite web|url=https://www.ts.ee/en/d-terminal/|title = Terminal D}} |
| Viking Line
Seasonal: Stockholm |A |
= Cruise carriers (incl. all cruise ports) =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Carriers !Destinations |
| MSC Cruise{{Cite web|url=https://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/Plan-Book/Find-Cruise.aspx?reg=NOR|title=MSC Cruise: Find Cruise}}
|Aarhus, Ålesund, Barcelona, Bergen, Copenhagen, Cork, Dover, Dublin, Flåm, Genoa, Gibraltar, Gothenborg, Greenock, Gdynia, Hamburg, Hellesylt/Geiranger, Helsinki, Haugesund, Ivergordon, Kiel, Klaipeda, Kotka, A Coruña, Le Havre, Lisbon, Marseille, Olden, Riga, Rotterdam, Saint Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm, Valencia, Visby, Warnemunde, Zeebrugge |
| Norwegian Cruise Line
|Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Gdynia, Helsinki, Klaipeda, Le Havre, Riga, Rostock, Saint Petersburg, Southampton, Stockholm, Warnemunde |
| Royal Caribbean
|Aarhus, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Fredericia, Helsinki, Klaipeda, Oslo, Riga, Saint Petersburg, Skagen, Southampton, Stavanger, Stockholm, Visby, Warnemunde |
Statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin:left"
|+ Annual passenger statistics for Tallinn Passenger Port |
| Year
! Total passengers |
|---|
| 2001
|5,739,573 |
| 2002
|5,944,942 |
| 2003
|5,862,485 |
| 2004
|6,737,926 |
| 2005
|7,007,558 |
| 2006
|6,760,149 |
| 2007
|6,514,294 |
| 2008
|7,247,366 |
| 2009
|7,257,646 |
| 2010
|7,915,113 |
| 2011
|8,478,929 |
| 2012
|8,841,679 |
| 2013
|9,236,429 |
| 2014
|9,569,313 |
| 2015
|9,793,049 |
| 2016
|10,173,297 |
| 2017
|10,560,000 |
| 2018
|10,619,000 |
| 2019
|10,639,000 |
| 2020
|4,333,000 |
| 2021
|3,665,759 |
| 2022
|7,213,655 |
Gallery
File:Ships in the port of Tallin.jpg|
File:The passenger harbour of Tallinn in autumn.jpg|
File:Port of Tallinn (by Pudelek).JPG|A-terminal in Old City Harbour
File:Tallink Star in 2013.JPG|Tallinn Passenger Port, seen from the rooftop of Portus hotel
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 141-0154, Reval, Hafen.jpg|Harbour in 1941.
See also
{{Portal|Estonia|Transport}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Vanasadam}}
- [http://www.portoftallinn.com/old-city-harbour Old City Harbour web page]
- [https://www.ts.ee/a-terminal/ A-terminal]
- [http://www.ts.ee/passenger_ship_schedule.php?k=3 Passenger ship schedule]
- [http://www.portoftallinn.com/map-of-harbour-area Map of harbour area]
- [http://www.portoftallinn.com/PortMap/oldcity.html Ships in Port]
{{Tallinn landmarks}}
{{Ports of Estonia}}
Category:Ports and harbours of Estonia