The TransRussiaExpress is operated by Finnlines. The route Lübeck-Sassnitz-Baltijsk-St.Petersburg is serviced twice weekly by the ships MS Translubeca and MS Finlandia. The main focus on this 59-hour-trip (Lübeck-St. Petersburg) or 46-hour-trip (Sassnitz-St.Petersburg) is clearly on the cargo transport. Although on board MS Translubeca is even less going on than on the other ships of the Hansa-Class, Finnlines offers a few passenger places. As usual at Finnlines, bridge and engineroom visits are included. Additionally the trip includes another rare thing: The journey along river Trave from Lübeck up to the open sea! Generally speaking, it is anyway not recommendable to travel to Russia by TransRussiaExpress as a passenger, even on Finnjet that journey lasts already 37 hours..! For cargo customers, who aren't in a hurry and who don't need a Paradise Bar & co. TransRussiaExpress is probably still the best choice. But Note: In hard winters it's possible that the traffic may just freeze! :)

TECHNICAL DATA
"TRANSLUBECA"

Lenght, Beam:	157m, 25,3m
Year of Build:	1990
GRT:	24.727
Lanemeters:	1.800
Number of cars:	N/A
Speed:	20,3 Knots
Flag:	German
Iceclass:	1 A Super
Passengers:	84

MORE INFO ABOUT THE TRANSRUSSIAEXPRESS: www.tre.de

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