West Harbour, Helsinki

The Länsisatama harbour area also includes the Munkkisaaren laituri pier on the west side of Munkkisaari, used by cruiseliners.

[1] West Terminal 1 is used mainly by passenger ships from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg.

Immediately next to West Harbour, in the Munkkisaari quarter, there is the Helsinki shipyard in Hietalahti.

The City Council of Helsinki has approved a plan to construct a harbour tunnel from Jätkäsaari to the Länsiväylä highway.

[12] The plan was based on city engineer Gabriel Idström's statement that the capacity of the South Harbour would not be enough in the future to support marine traffic and trade.

In 1916 the area was connected to the Finnish main track line with the Helsinki harbour rail going through Kamppi.

Before World War II the area was developing into the largest harbour in Helsinki.

[12] At the same time, the Sörnäinen Harbour on the other side of the central area of the city was being expanded, with the sea being filled and islands being connected around it.

Artic (left) and Valmet (right) trams at the terminus at Terminal 2
Cars being unloaded from Tallink 's MS Star .
View of Länsisatama harbour in 2006 when container traffic was still in operation.
West Terminal 1
West Terminal 2
The ship Carnival Luminosa in Hernesaari in 2012.
A harbour crane and stacks of containers in Jätkäsaari in October 2008, less than a month before the cargo harbour was moved to Vuosaari .