OREANDA-NEWS. March 29, 2010. Port of Tallinn expects a total of 275 cruise ships with about 400,000 passengers to visit the port this year, according to the company's press spokesperson Sven Ratassepp.

273 cruise ships with 400,000 passengers were expected to call at Tallinn City Harbor and two cruise ships with 600 passengers at Saaremaa Harbor.

Ratassepp said that the exact number of visitors could be quoted only at the end of the season, as a few more ships could come or fail to arrive during the season.

The first cruise ship will visit Tallinn on 24 April and the last on 20 September, Ratassepp said.

Last year a total of 307 cruise ships with 415 000 passengers called at Tallinn, 10% more than in the season of 2008. 302 cruise ships called at City Harbour and five cruise ships at Saaremaa Harbour. The longest ship that visited Tallinn last year was the Norwegian Jewel, of 294 meters, while the Emerald Princess brought 3,298 passengers to Tallinn on 17 July.