New Sea Passenger port
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New Sea Passenger port is an under-construction port in Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn...

 on the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

 in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It is located on new alluvial territories of Sea Facade
Marine Facade
The Sea Facade is a project of additional expansion of St. Petersburg, on Vasilievsky Island at the Neva river's mouth.In these new territories the New Sea Passenger port will be created along with a considerable amount of residential and commercial space.The Western Rapid Diameter highway will...

.
Officially the port has no name yet, a section on the official site has the name "port". The last document of the Saint Petersburg City Administration
Saint Petersburg City Administration
Saint Petersburg City Administration is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg , Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny....

 names the area "the sea passenger terminal on Vasilevsky island".

Construction chronology

In 2006:Marine facade Company has built:
  • 35 hectares of reclaimed land;
  • The technological channel on water area of seaport for building of moorings;
  • Access technological road;
  • The dividing dam.

In 2007:By July, 28th the educational sailing vessel named "Young Baltiets" was moored at berth number seven.
In 2008:Two moorings, building the cruise terminal and coastal constructions necessary for work are constructed and transferred in the summer.
  • On September, 10th, 2008 the port accepted the first passenger cruise liner
    Cruise ship
    A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way...

     a 16-deck Italian vessel named "Costa Mediterranea
    Costa Mediterranea
    Costa Mediterranea is a Spirit-class cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises. She was constructed at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland at a cost of over 400 million Euros...

    ".

In 2009:On August a hydrofoil
Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a foil which operates in water. They are similar in appearance and purpose to airfoils.Hydrofoils can be artificial, such as the rudder or keel on a boat, the diving planes on a submarine, a surfboard fin, or occur naturally, as with fish fins, the flippers of aquatic mammals, the...

 line to Peterhof
Peterhof Palace
The Peterhof Palace in Russian, so German is transliterated as "Петергoф" Petergof into Russian) for "Peter's Court") is actually a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the...

 and Winter Palace
Winter Palace
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and...

was started.
The schedule of building of port
Stage Year Harbor walls Note
1 2008 Two walls With a complex necessary port structures
2 2009 Three walls
3 2010 Two walls
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