Wärtsilä to equip Viking Line’s new LNG vessel with engines
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for Viking Line, a Finnish ship owner.
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Initiative for Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway green corridor launched
Green shipping corridor announcements have been coming out of COP27, thick and fast. The plan to launch a green and digital transpacific corridor between San Pedro Bay ports and Singapore looks set
“Climate smart” cruise ferry starts delivery voyage
Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line reports that its new flagship, the 222.55 meter long, 2,800 passenger, cruise ferry Viking Glory, has begun its delivery voyage from Xiamen, China, to its home port
Test run of rotor sail on Viking Grace completed
Finnish operator Viking Line has completed a three year test of a Norsepower rotor sail on its LNG- fueled cruise ferry Viking Grace. The ship was the first passenger vessel to be
Finnish RoPax runs aground
Viking Line’s 1988-built RoPax Amorella, which operates on the Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden route, grounded at Järsö, in the Åland archipelago at 12.50 pm, Finnish time, yesterday with 200 passengers and
Viking first shipping line to gain DNV GL My Care verification of COVID-19 risk management measures
Finland’s Viking Line has become the first shipping company in the world to have its COVID-19 risk management measures verified under a new DNV GL methodology called My Care. DNV GL says
Cavotec books further Finnish MoorMaster order
Lugano, Switzerland, headquartered Cavotec SA reports that it has won another order for its innovative MoorMaster automated mooring technology, this time for the Viking Line ferry berth at the Port of Turku
VIDEO: ABB adds new midsize range to Azipod line
ABB is introducing a new midsize range of Azipod propulsors covering the 7.5 – 14.5 MW power range. The range is aimed at the ferry and RoPax sector, but will also be
Tests on Viking Grace confirm rotor sail’s fuel saving potential
Finland’s Norsepower Oy Ltd. reports that the rotor sail installed on the Viking Line cruise ferry Viking Grace has the potential to deliver annual savings of around 300 tonnes of LNG fuel.
ABB wins breakthrough automation order in China
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 — ABB has won its first marine automation system contract for a cruise ferry in China, with addition of of the ABB Ability System 800xA to the technology package