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20.05.2014 maiden call of MV Azores to the Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg

Today, 20th May cruise ship Azores, owned by the Portuguese company «Portuscale Cruises», called Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg for the first time. As part of the cruise ship has already visited the ports of Kiel, Gdynia, Klaipeda, Riga, Tallinn, in St. Petersburg she will spend two days and then will go to Helsinki and Stockholm. On board arrived 131 passengers.

It is noteworthy that the vessel prior to the acquisition by the «Portuscale Cruises» bore the name of Athena and had already called the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg in 2010-2012. In 2014 it passed the renovation at a shipyard in Marseilles and received a new name - Azores. The vessel is 160 meters long, maximum capacity - 556 passengers.

Company «Portuscale Cruises» was founded in 2013 with a total fleet of 4 vessels: Funchal, Lisboa, Azores, Porto.

Azores is one of the oldest ships operated by the cruise lines. Year built - 1948 at a shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden. During her more than 60 - year history she has changed 10 names, 11 operators and passed around under the ports of registry of Sweden, Germany, Panama and Italy. Currently the ship is registered in Portugal.