Today a new generation high speed vessel M/S Star was delivered from Aker Yards OY to AS Tallink Grupp's subsidiary Tallink Hansaway Limited. The vessel with a price of over 110 million EUR was financed by Nordea Bank in cooperation with Finnish Export Credit Agency Finnvera. The new 1A ice class vessel will be able to provide year round high speed service between Helsinki and Tallinn. M/S Star will sail between Helsinki and Tallinn in less than 2 hours. New vessel has a gross tonnage of 33 000, length of 186 and width of 27,7 meters, power of engines is 48 000 kW and speed 27,5 knots. M/S Star has 11 decks, 2300 seats, 520 beds and can accommodate up to 1900 passengers. The car deck of 2000 lane meters has space for up to 120 trucks or 450 cars. Janek Stalmeister Financial Director AS Tallink Grupp Tel: +372 6409 800 Email: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee