Mon 07 Jan, 2008
| Posted in: The iconic high-speed Baltic ferry Finnjet has been sold by Silja Line (Sea Containers) of Finland to unnamed US interests and is to be converted into a luxury floating casino at a shipyard yet to be named, writes Mike Hood.
When the 32,940 gt Finnjet, pictured above, entered service for Finnlines in 1977, linking Helsinki with the German Baltic port of Travemünde, the 1,790 passenger capacity vessel set a number of design firsts, notably its propulsion...