Maritime
Stena Line
Seasonal highlights will include the presentation of the latest cruise ship of TUI Cruises – the new “ Mein Schiff 1 ” - on April 27th as well as seven further maiden visits by cruise ships , including that of Cunard ’ s “ Queen Victoria ”, which will berth at the Ostseekai Terminal on July 17th . Fourteen ships , among them two river cruise ships , are expected to call during the Kieler Woche sailing regatta , which is being held from June 16th to June 24th . Newcomers to Kiel this year are the U . S . shipping company Viking Ocean Cruises and the Spanish shipping company Pullmantur Cruises .
The PORT OF KIEL operates Kiel ’ s commercial port on behalf of the Schleswig-Holstein state capital of Kiel . Three terminals are available in Kiel for ferry and cruise ships - at the Ostseekai , Norwegenkai and Schwedenkai - and all are in close proximity to the city centre . In addition ships are able to tie up at the cruise shipping Berth No . 1 in the Ostuferhafen . Kiel is also linked daily by ferry shipping services to and from the Norwegian capital Oslo ( Color Line ), Gothenburg ( Stena Line ), and Klaipeda ( DFDS ). ” Kiel is the market leader in ferry traffic into the Baltic , to western Sweden and to Norway ”, says
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Dirk Claus , “ and is among the most popular passenger ports in northern Europe .” Kiel is constantly investing in the expansion of its port facilities and in late summer this year will begin construction of a second terminal building at the Ostseekai . A 3,700 m ² two-storey building is planned which will be of contemporary design and complement the existing terminal building in both form and function . It will open at the beginning of the 2019 cruise shipping season . portofkiel . com
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