Tallink                 ANNOUNCEMENT                     01.12.2005



The Christening Ceremony of Tallink´s New Cruise Ferry



Today the christening and launching ceremony of the new cruise ferry of 

Tallink took place in Finland. The vessel, which is going to service 

passengers on the route Tallinn-Helsinki from spring 2006, was given the 

name Galaxy. 



The godmother of the cruise ship is the daughter of member of the board 

of Tallink Group Kalev Järvelill, Ms. Johanna-Iisebel Järvelill.



Galaxy will be one of the largest cruise ferries in the Baltic Sea, 

having capacity for 2,800 passengers. The ship will have 927 cabins, 

several restaurants, and places to entertain of various styles and class 

as well as a remarkable conference centre with over 450 seats. The 

guiding principle of designing Galaxy was to engage the comfort and 

luxury of present-day passengers also through maximal use of high-tech 

solutions onboard. The vessel has also 1,130 lane metres, i.e. over a 

kilometre of vehicle deck space and special space for freight units.



The building contract between Tallink Group and Aker Yards, worth 165 

million Euros, was signed in October 2004. In spring 2006 Galaxy will 

start regular cruises between Helsinki and Tallinn. After that the 

cruise ferry Romantika, also delivered by Aker Finnyards in spring 2002, 

will start operating between Stockholm and Tallinn together with the 

sister ship Victoria, built in Rauma in 2004.



Galaxy has a length of 212 metres, a beam of 29 metres and a gross 

tonnage of 48,300. Four diesel engines totalling 26,240 kW will provide 

the ship with service speed of 22 knots. It has the highest ice-class 1 

A Super and the catalytic reduction units installed for better control 

of exhaust emissions will make the vessel most environmentally friendly.



AS Tallink Group is on of the leading passenger and goods conveyance 

companies in Baltic Sea region. Tallink is a clear market leader in 

passenger and freight transportation on shipping routes Tallinn-Helsinki 

as well as Tallinn-Stockholm. During last financial year Tallink´s 

volume of trading was 218 MEUR, 3.2 million passengers transported. 

Under the Tallink brand twelve vessels are operated, of which all are 

owned by the company. Since May 2004 Tallink also operates a 350-room 

hotel in the city centre of Tallinn.  





Additional information:



Peter Roose

Head of investor relations

AS Tallink Group

tel.: +372 6 409 800

<a href='http://www.tallink.com' target='_blank'>http://www.tallink.com</a>



Yrjö Julin

President 

Aker Finnyards

tel.: +358 40 751 7940



An artist´s impression of the vessel can be found at:

<a href='http://www.akerfinnyards.com' target='_blank'>http://www.akerfinnyards.com</a>   -  Newsroom  -  Image bank  -  Ferries