The reserve vessel M. S. Kökar will be commissioned on Sunday. Tourists can first get to know Sampo and then the reserve ship will take them on a cruise.
The broken icebreaker Sampo is now being feverishly tried to be repaired. According to estimates, the repairs can be done by mid-January.
The spare vessel brought to the rescue from Turku will take tourists on cruises and ice rafting until Sampo is operational again. The cruises are carried out in such a way that travelers first visit Sampo and then the reserve vessel takes them out to sea.
M.S. Kökar can take 150 tourists, while Sammo’s cruise can accommodate 180 tourists.
– Financial losses from cancellations of customer cruises amount to hundreds of thousands. This is also a disadvantage for trade relations. The cost estimate for Sampo’s repair is still open, but the biggest losses come from canceled cruises.
Lapin Kansa was the first to report on the matter.
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