ODESSA, SEPTEMBER, 15TH, 2008, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — This morning, on September, 15th, foreign cruise liner «Minerva» (under the flag of the Bahamas) has moored in the Odessa port, IA “Context-Prichernomorie” correspondent reports.

The agency was informed about this today, on September, 15th, during a telephone conversation between the correspondent and the chief of the Odessa marine passenger terminal Nikolay Makovetsky.

As N. Makovetsky has noted, Minerva has moored at 7:00 on marine passenger terminal with 315 passengers onboard (under the flag of the Bahamas, length — 133.2 metres).

The vessel will stay in Odessa till 18:00.

For the last weekend, on September, 13-14th, The Royal Iris (under the flag of Panama, length of a vessel — 131.2 meters) and Artemis (flag — Great Britain, length of a vessel – 230.6 meters, maximum quantity of passengers – 1 thousand 260) have also visited Odessa.

As IA “Context-Prichernomorie” informed earlier, 16 foreign cruise vessels will come into Odessa in September.