Isabelle, the 1989 built cruise ferry Tallink Grupp acquired from Viking Line earlier this year, will sail from Riga on 6 May for the first time for Stockholm as replacement of slightly smaller 1986 built Silja Festival.

Isabelle, which was built as Isabella in Yugoslavia, accommodates 2,480 passengers and 450 cars and it is 170.9 meters long and 27.6 meters wide. Its speed is 20.5 knots.

“Bringing Isabelle to the Riga-Stockholm route is the next logical step in the development of this particular route. As the demand on the route is increasing we needed a vessel with larger capacity for both passengers and cars, said Peter Roose, Management Board Member of Tallink Grupp.