The Estonia-headquartered AS Tallink Grupp (Tallink) and the Organizing Committee of the Mediterranean Games of Taranto 2026 reached a charter agreement for the cruise ferry Romantika.
Tallink said the cruise ferry will head to Italy where she will provide accommodations and catering for the participants of the XX Mediterranean Games, and she will be chartered out with a technical and service crew.
The Romantika, which sailed as an additional ship on the Tallinn-Stockholm route this summer, will have her last trip on the Baltic Sea on August 4, when a special summer evening cruise featuring the band SADU will take place in Tallinn Bay.
The cruise ferry Romantika, built in Finland in 2002, was the first ferry commissioned by Tallink and the first built for an Estonian shipowner.
Three of Tallink’s vessels are involved in long-term charter contracts in Europe. The cruise ships Silja Europa and Galaxy are chartered in the Netherlands, where they provide accommodations. Superfast IX, renamed St. Patrick, is chartered out to the shipping company Hibernia Line to operate the ferry route between Ireland and France.
Peep Jalakas, chairman of the management board of Tallink Grupp, said that “Our aim is to use our vessels in the best possible way, and chartering Romantika to Italy will positively impact Tallink’s financial results.”
