The MyStar departed for Tallinn on Friday following its handover to Tallink by shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) at Rauma Shipyard in Finland on Wednesday, the company said in a press release.

Upon its arrival at the Port of Tallinn at midday, it was met with a water cannon salute and escorted by tugboat to Pier 1 at Old City Harbor.

With a crew of 208 headed by three captains in total, the 212.4-meter-long, 1A ice class MS MyStar features 12 decks, 46 passenger cabins and a capacity of 2,800 passengers.

It is powered by a duel-fuel system that can run on LNG and/or diesel, and its shore-to-ship power solution is part of the Twin-Port 3 measure and co-financed from the EU's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

Construction of the €247 million vessel began at Rauma Shipyard in April 2020 and was financed with a loan of €196.3 million from KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, with Finnish export credit agency "Finnvera" guaranteeing 95 percent of this post-delivery buyer credit.

Following several delays, the MyStar's maiden commercial voyage is scheduled to depart Tallinn for Helsinki at 1:30 p.m. next Tuesday. It will join the MS Megastar and MS Star on the company's shuttle service between the two capitals.

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