Viking Line, the Finnish cruise ferry group, has sold the 1989 built cruise ferry Isabella to Hansalink Limited, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp. The sale price of the 34,384 gross ton vessel that has 2,200 berths was 30 million euros.

Isabella was replaced on the Turku-Stockholm service by the 58,000 gross ton newbuilding Viking Grace in January. Viking Line had put Isabella up for sale already in the summer of last year, but decided that if no buyer could be found, the ship would be employed on mini cruise service between Helsinki and Tallinn in the summer months of 2013. This will not happen now.

Tallink will employ the ship on its service between Stockholm and Riga, where it will replace the 1986 built Silja Festival that is of roughly the same size as the now acquired vessel