Seabridge ferry operator provided Russian passengers with tickets to Sochi

The Liderline operator of the Seabridge ferry, which returned to Turkey after the incident with the lack of access to the port of Sochi, provided all Russian passengers with air tickets to Sochi and compensated ferry tickets. This was announced on November 10 by Liderline representative Mustafa Cakir.

"Our side has provided all passengers with air tickets to Sochi at its own expense. They have also been compensated for the cost of tickets for the ferry itself, which was unable to enter the port of Sochi," TASS quoted him as saying.

According to him, all Russian citizens on board have already left the ship and safely disembarked.

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Earlier, on November 9, it became known that Seabridge, after three and a half days of downtime at the Sochi roadstead, set off on its return journey without being allowed to enter the Russian port.

On November 7, the leadership of the Krasnodar Territory reported that the organization of a ferry service between Sochi, Russia, and Trabzon, Turkey, was impossible in the current conditions due to unresolved security issues.

Prior to this, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported that Seabridge was unable to disembark passengers in Sochi due to the lack of permission to enter Russia. He performed the first flight on the Trabzon – Sochi route in 14 years. The ferry arrived in Sochi around 10:00. However, the Russian side did not accept the vessel because it did not have permission to enter the territorial waters of the Russian Federation, and the port of Sochi was closed for exercises until 12:00, but on November 7, the vessel nevertheless received permission to enter the port of Sochi.

Turkmenyan also noted that ferry passengers will be able to receive free tickets for the return trip to Turkish Trabzon as compensation. He clarified that the passengers were provided with food and comfortable accommodation in the cabins at the expense of the carrier company. Later, Sergey Turkmenyan, CEO of SVS-Shipping, announced that Seabridge had returned to Trabzon, Turkey.

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