{"id":2479,"date":"2017-11-17T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2479"},"modified":"2017-11-17T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:40:09","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2479","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2466\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col width=\"513\" \/>\n<col width=\"126\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">13\/4\/1983<\/td>\n<td>Building contract. Ordered by Johnson Line AB later transferred to Effoa OY.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">22\/5\/1984<\/td>\n<td>Keel laid<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">3\/1985<\/td>\n<td>Launch<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">9\/1\/1986<\/td>\n<td>Delivered to Effoa OY (Silja Line), Finland<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/1986<\/td>\n<td>Turku &#8211; Mariehamn &#8211; Stockholm route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">12\/7\/1986<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Run aground near Mariehamn due to black out in engine room<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">13-16\/7\/1986<\/td>\n<td>Refloated and repaired in Naantali.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">30\/4 &#8211; 18\/11\/1990<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Helsinki &#8211; Stockholm route<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">18\/11\/1990<\/td>\n<td>Turku &#8211; Mariehamn &#8211; Stockholm route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">15\/1 &#8211; 26\/2\/1992<\/td>\n<td>Rebuild on Loyd Werft, Germany. New restaurants, cabins etc.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">22\/2\/1992<\/td>\n<td>New name Silja Festival<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">26\/2\/1992<\/td>\n<td>Turku &#8211; Mariehamn &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">20\/3\/1993<\/td>\n<td>Vaasa &#8211; Ume\u00e5 route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/6\/1993<\/td>\n<td>Malm\u00f6 &#8211; Travem\u00fcnde route , operated Euroway<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/9\/1993<\/td>\n<td>L\u00fcbeck &#8211; Travem\u00fcnde &#8211; Malm\u00f6 &#8211; Copenhagen route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">10\/4\/1994<\/td>\n<td>Euroway service ended<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">22\/4\/1994<\/td>\n<td>Vaasa &#8211; Ume\u00e5 route operated Silja Line<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/7\/1994<\/td>\n<td>Vaasa &#8211; Sundsvall route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">8\/8\/1994<\/td>\n<td>Vaasa &#8211; Ume\u00e5 route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">2\/9\/1994<\/td>\n<td>Helsinki &#8211; Tallinn route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">21\/6\/1995<\/td>\n<td>Vaasa &#8211; Sundsvall route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">15\/8\/1995<\/td>\n<td>Helsinki &#8211; Tallinn route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">\n<p align=\"left\">2\/4\/1997<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Swedish flag<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">5\/4\/1997<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Turku &#8211; Mariehamn &#8211; Stockholm route<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/7\/1999<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"left\">Turku &#8211; Mariehamn\/L\u00e5ngn\u00e4s &#8211; Stockholm route<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">7-20\/1\/2001<\/td>\n<td>Docked Aker Finnyards, Rauma. Install sponsons and catalysators.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">4-8\/\/5\/2006<\/td>\n<td>Helsinki &#8211; Riga &#8211; Helsinki cruises<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">26-29\/5\/2006<\/td>\n<td>Helsinki &#8211; Stockholm &#8211; Helsinki Elitloppet cruise<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">8\/2008<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route operated Tallink and Latvian flag<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">31\/12\/2008 &#8211; 8\/1\/2009<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruises<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">9\/1\/2009<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">31\/12\/2009 &#8211; 8\/1\/2010<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruises<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">9\/1\/2010<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">30\/4-4\/5\/2010<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruise<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">5\/5\/2010<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">31\/12\/2010-5\/1\/2011<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruise<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">28\/4-4\/5\/2011<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruise<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">5\/5\/2011<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">2-8\/1\/2013<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg &#8211; Helsinki -Stockholm &#8211; Tallinn &#8211; St. Petersburg\u00a0 cruise<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">9\/1\/2013<\/td>\n<td>Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">6\/5\/2013<\/td>\n<td>Last day on Riga &#8211; Stockholm route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">6\/5\/2013<\/td>\n<td>Laid up at Riga Shipyard<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/9\/2013<\/td>\n<td>Depart from Riga to two months hotelship charter to Navantial shipyard, Spain<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">11\/10\/2013<\/td>\n<td>End of charter, bunkering at Gibraltar<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">18\/10\/2013<\/td>\n<td>ETA to Tallinn.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">29\/12\/2013<\/td>\n<td>New year cruise from St. Petersburg<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">1\/2014<\/td>\n<td>Laid up at Tallinn<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">27\/1\/2014<\/td>\n<td>Charter to Bridgemans Services Ltd. (Rio Tinto Alcan) for 12 months.\u00a0 Used as accommodsation ship for Kitimat Modernization<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>Project at Canada.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">28\/1\/2014<\/td>\n<td>Depart from Tallinn.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">27\/2\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Bridgemans Services Ltd.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">4\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Delivery to new owner cancelled.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">29\/4\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Voyage from Kitimat to Vancouver<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">4\/5\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Medinvest s.p.a. , Italy (Corsica Ferries) Delivery in June 2015.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">4\/5\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Voyage from Vancouver to Europe via Panama Canal<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">6\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Delivery to new owner. 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Italy flag.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\">16\/7\/2015<\/td>\n<td>Corsica Ferries service Livorno &#8211; Golfo Aranci and Livorno &#8211; Bastia routes.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to\u00a0Ship \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History 13\/4\/1983 Building contract. 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