MS ''Romantika'' (Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian "Romantika" means "Romance" in English) is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

company

Tallink Tallink () is an Estonian shipping company operating Baltic Sea cruiseferries and ropax ships from Estonia to Finland, Estonia to Sweden to Sweden and Finland to Sweden. It is the largest passenger and cargo shipping company in the Baltic Sea r ...

. The ship is on charter to

Holland Norway Lines Holland Norway Lines is a Dutch startup ferry operator which operates a passenger and car ferry service between Eemshaven, The Netherlands and Kristiansand, Norway three times a week since 7 April 2022. The company has chartered the cruise ferry ...

on a route

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to Eemshaven. She was built in 2002 by

Aker Finnyards STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people. It was part of STX Europe, a group of international shipbuilding companie ...

, Rauma and she was the first ever newbuilding to be delivered to Tallink. Between 2002 and 2006 the ''Romantika'' was used on the

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

–Tallinn route, until she was replaced by the new MS ''Galaxy''. After this she was transferred to the Tallinn–

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

route, sailing parallel with her sister MS ''Victoria I''. After the delivery of the ''Romantika'' was transferred to the Stockholm–

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

route in May 2009. Simultaneously with this she was changed from Estonian to Latvian registry. When the was chartered out from Tallink service in August 2014, the Romantika returned to the Tallinn–Mariehamn–Stockholm route. In December 2016, with the return of Silja Europa, Tallink reorganized the routes of their ferries and Romantika was transferred to the Stockholm -

route from December 12. From July to September 2021 Romantika was chartered to Morocco's Tanger-Med Port Authority for services between Morocco and

Sète Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises' ...

in France. On 13 October 2021, she arrived in

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to provide accommodation for people attending the COP26 summit. Since April 2022, the Romantika is operated by

on a

- Eemshaven routing on charter. This charter was announced on 1 November 2021, and is due to last three years with two one-year extensions.

References

External links

Tallink silja website for MS ''Romantika''

Romantika at marinetraffic.com
Ferries of Estonia Ships built in Rauma, Finland Cruiseferries 2001 ships Ships of Latvia {{ferry-stub

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