seatec - Finnish marine technology review 1/2007 | Page 24

New Tallink Shuttle Photo: Jouni Saaristo AS Tallink Grupp is introducing a new high-speed passanger transport service, the Tallink Shuttle. T he vessel, which was manufactured by Aker Yards, was launched and christened in the Aker Yards shipyard in Helsinki in October 2006. It was dubbed STAR. AS Tallink Grupp has also ordered a similar fast vessel from the Italian company Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. The ship will be delivered in early 2008. Currently Tallink transports passengers between Helsinki and Tallinn using three high-speed vessels and two passenger ferries. The marketing director of the AS Tallink Grupp, Peter Roose, mentioned that along with the new ship, the comp [