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editorial
seatec 2/2011
ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY
PASSENGER SHIPS USE LNG
Viking Line’s new passenger ferry, built at the STX shipyard in
Turku, is a very important project to the Finnish marine industry
which does not have any large cruise vessel orders on the list at
this moment.
Viking Line placed the order for the vessel in the beginning of the year. The ship is scheduled to enter service in 2013.
The vessel will be 210 metres in length and carry a maximum of
2,800 passengers.
It is also a vessel that is important from the environmental
perspective. It will be the world’s most environmentally-friend-
PROJECT MANAGER
ly passenger ship, thanks to liquefied natural gas ((LNG) technol-
Risto Valkeapää
ogy. The fuel reduces vessel’s sulphur and particulate emissions
to almost zero.
CONTRIBUTORS
New, more stringent sulphur regulations will come into effect
Sami J. Anteroinen
Merja Kihl
Ari Mononen
in the Baltic Sea in 2015. Thanks to the LNG technology, Viking
Line’s ferry will meet the most demanding IMO and EU regulations set for maritime applications.
COVER PHOTO
Wärtsilä supplies the vessel’s dual-fuel engines that are ca-
Meyer Werft GmbH
pable of running on gas, both heavy and light fuel oil, as well as
bio fuel. Wärtsilä has good experience and competence in the LNG
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technology – as a matter of fact, the company is a leading glob-
PunaMusta Oy, August 2011
al provider in the field.
Liquefied natural gas and related technical solutions represent future technology with ever-increasing applications. Old vessels can be technologically retrofitted to employ LNG, as well.
There are various alternatives when it comes to the source of
the natural gas. The gas may originate from Norway, for example,
or come in a shuttle tanker from Rotterdam, where it can be delivered from any part of the world. As LNG can be transported just
about anywhere by ship, the user is not dependent on a pipeline.
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