The shipbuilders from the Polish CRIST will deliver the 100-metre-long hybrid vessel, equipped with a 3.0MWh battery system and backup biodiesel generators, by end-2028.
As of September this year, the container ships Arnarfell and Helgafell will call at the Swedish seaport on a weekly basis, bringing fish and seafood while taking food products, construction materials, and vehicles to the Icelandic market.
The ferry, until the end of April 2026 serving the terminated Grenaa-Halmstad service of Stena Line, will now ply between Långnäs and Naantali in the colours of Eckerö Link.
The investment includes six rubber-tyred gantries (RTG) capable of handling five-by-five container blocks and two 6x6 RTGs, all of which are hybrid and manufactured by Konecranes.
The Swedish stevedore - active in the seaports of Kalix, Luleå, Piteå, and Skellefteå - will see the digitalisation of vessel calls, resource planning, invoicing, statistics, data analysis, ISPS compliance, and gate activities.
Lakeway Link, a Wallenius Lines-Greencarrier JV, will stop sailing between the two seaports from 15 May this year at the latest, citing the 2026-to-2028 postponement of reconstructing the Södertälje lock as the culprit.
