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 a Finnish ship owner Viking Line. The contract includes an option for the supply of equipment to a similar sister ship, MarineLog reports.
The vessel will be the largest passenger ferry to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The ship will be built at the Finland's STX Turku shipyard. The ferry will be commissioned in 2013 to sail between Turku and Stockholm, Sweden in the Baltic Sea.
Wärtsilä’s scope of supply for this contract includes four Wärtsilä 8L50DF main engines, the transverse bow and stern tunnel thrusters, and two stainless steel fixed pitch, built-up main propellers with complete propeller shaft lines and environmentally sound shaft line seal systems. The propellers are designed with the lowest possible pressure impulses for superb vibration control.
The vessel will be the largest passenger ferry to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The ship will be built at the Finland's STX Turku shipyard. The ferry will be commissioned in 2013 to sail between Turku and Stockholm, Sweden in the Baltic Sea.
Wärtsilä’s scope of supply for this contract includes four Wärtsilä 8L50DF main engines, the transverse bow and stern tunnel thrusters, and two stainless steel fixed pitch, built-up main propellers with complete propeller shaft lines and environmentally sound shaft line seal systems. The propellers are designed with the lowest possible pressure impulses for superb vibration control.
The LNG vessel features a nearly zero SOx emissions and NOx emissions 80% below the IMO current stipulated level. The use of Wärtsilä’s duel-fuel engine technology will enable this ferry to sail without restrictions in SECAs and NECAs regions.
The new Viking Line’s cruise ferry will be capable of carrying cars, trucks and road trailers on short international voyages. It is also designed to carry 2,800 passengers and 200 crew members. The machinery, equipment and outfitting, as well as the structural work, will be under the special survey of the Lloyds Register of Shipping classification society.
The new Viking Line’s cruise ferry will be capable of carrying cars, trucks and road trailers on short international voyages. It is also designed to carry 2,800 passengers and 200 crew members. The machinery, equipment and outfitting, as well as the structural work, will be under the special survey of the Lloyds Register of Shipping classification society.
STX Finland is part of the international STX Europe Group, an international shipbuilding group which aims to be the leading builder of cruise and offshore vessels. STX Europe AS is also the majority shareholder in STX OSV Holdings Limited listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).