Vladivostok-Shanghai ferry service:The Baltic Sea ferry operator – Russia’s largest – is to launch a new cruise service that will run between Vladivostok and Shanghai next year, its CEO Sergey Kotenev announced yesterday. Each liner is expected to be able to carry up to 2,300 passengers and 70 cargo trailers and operate the Vladivostok – Busan – Shanghai – Nagasaki – Vladivostok route. Estimated development costs are around $250m.
” We are …. holding negotiations with [potential] investors [including] several Chinese funds and tour operators.”
Source: ITAR-TASS