LNG-powered ferry to be built for Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg ("Marine Façade")

Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg ("Marine Façade") says is set to have a passenger-and-freight ferry built. The ship is to be powered by LNG with a dual-fuel engine (LNG and diesel fuel) under consideration. 

The ferry of Arc4 class will have a capacity of 2,000 - 2,500 passengers. 

Earlier, Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg ("Marine Façade") in cooperation with PAO Sovcomflot and United Shipbuilding Corporation considered a possibility of building a ship at a shipyard of the Russian Federation with its further operation by a domestic shipping company.