Tallink`s new vessel named Superstar

AS Tallink Grupp announces that the new generation high speed vessel christened
and launched on the 5th of October in Fincantieri shipyards in Italy was named
Superstar. The Godmother of the vessel is Estonia's best women's tennis player
Kaia Kanepi. 

The CEO of AS Tallink Grupp Mr. Enn Pant said, that it is great to have Kaia
Kanepi as the Godmother of the new ship. „We believe, that our vessel will be a
superstar and at the same time we hope, that Kaia will be a superstar in world
sports”, said Pant. 

M/S Superstar will start operating on the Helsinki-Tallinn route next spring.
Together with M/S Star delivered in spring 2007 the ships will operate as the
Tallink Shuttle service. Tallink Shuttle is the new service concept combining
fast and comfortable travel between the two capital cities. 

According to Mr. Pant by adding M/S Superstar the all year round Tallink
Shuttle service will improve as two ships provide equal fast travel
opportunities from Estonia and Finland. “In general the Tallink passenger
traffic on the Helsinki-Tallinn route will be more frequent and quicker than
the bus traffic between many large Estonian cities”, he added. 

The speed of the vessel is 27,5 knots which enables to cover the distance
between Tallinn and Helsinki in two hours. 

The hull's green color of the Tallink Shuttle vessels Star and Superstar
characterizes the environmental aspects of the ships.  Both vessels consume
less fuel, have modern technical solutions and create much smaller waves
compared to the smaller high speed crafts. 

M/S Superstar is 175,1 meters long and 27,6 meters wide and is a bit bigger
than her sister vessel M/S Star. It accommodates up to 2080 passengers and 1930
lane meters of vehicles. The ship has 186 cabins and 736 berths. 

The pearl of the interior design of the ship is the show-bar located in the
fore of the ship going through three floors and having a large glass wall.
Passengers can also visit and enjoy themselves in the many restaurants and
cafes onboard which include an a la carte restaurant, two buffet-restaurants, a
pizza-restaurant, hamburger-café, ice-cream corner for children, children's
play corner, sun-deck bar, a casino and business lounge. In the stern there is
a bar going through two floors and having a glass wall. On board M/S Superstar
one can also find large shops which sell everything from grocieries, alcohol,
latest cosmetics, clothes, fashion accessories and much, much more. 

The Italian interior designers of the ship are Carlo Ciribi and Alessandro
Cestaro. 


Additional information:


Luulea Lääne
AS Tallink Grupp, Communications Manager
Gsm: +372 5521296, 
E-mail: luulea.laane@tallink.ee
www.tallink.com