MS Mariella

The Mariella in Helsinki, Finland

Ice class: 1 A Super

IMO: 8320573

The Mariella is a cruise ferry, which was built on the Finnish Wärtsilä Pernon Telakka Turku shipyard.

History

The ship was launched on 28 September launched in 1984 and was on 17 May 1985, the SF Line ( Viking Line today ) placed at the service. As Mariella took up the traffic, she was the first ship of Viking Line, which the route Helsinki - Stockholm and served not one of the shipping company From Sally - Mariehamn. With a few exceptions due to maintenance Mariella since its commissioning runs on the same route. This makes it the record holder of the longest continuous service on the route Helsinki - Stockholm. When delivered in the Mariella was based on carrying capacity and passenger capacity, the largest ferry in the world.

In the Estonia 1994, Mariella was the first ship that arrived at the disaster site. 15 survivors were rescued by the crew of the water, another 11 survivors were brought by helicopter on board, as the Mariella was used as a helicopter base for the bailout.

In the summer 1996, the Mariella short cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn conducted. These cruises, which were carried out in the period in which the ship else had their nine-hour stay in Helsinki, but failed to achieve the hoped-for response and were not offered after this summer.

In order for the elimination of the tax-free sale in the EU will continue to offer tax-free goods on board a stopover in Mariehamn was introduced in July 1999. A sale of the goods is possible because Åland is by an applicable exemption from the application of sales and excise taxes in the European Union.

In September 2000, Mariella was equipped with stabilizers in Naantali on the rear and with a new, fast rescue boat. In this shipyard stay and the interior has been renovated. The disco was moved from Deck 8 to Deck 7. For some time, the Mariella bore the lettering Updated 06/ 10 2000 on her hull.

Another major renovation took place in September 2006, also in Naantali. In this remodeling a restaurant, the perfume and the Tax Free shop were completely refurbished. Furthermore, a completely new restaurant was built next to the Food Garden restaurant.

The sister ship of Mariella is the Princess Anastasia (formerly Olympia, Pride of Bilbao, Bilbao ), which today runs between Russia, Finland, Åland, Sweden and Estonia.

Decks

The ship has eleven decks: