The ceremony took place at the Austal Philippines shipyard in Balamban, marking the first construction step towards delivering the 130-metre-long high-speed ferry to her Swedish owners at Gotland Company in mid-2028.
The Danish ferry company has contracted Incat Tasmania to deliver another battery-electric high-speed ferry in a total investment worth DKK3.5 billion (about €469 million, with DKK180m/€24m support from Denmark's Investment Support Fund).
The brand-new ferry of the Australian TT-Line Company has left her shipbuilders at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and is sailing towards her home port in Devonport.
Incat's shipyard in Tasmania has been entrusted with constructing two battery-powered high-speed ferries for the Danish shipping line (which is also eyeing a third one).
Gotland Company has entrusted the shipbuilders from Austal to design & construct the 130-metre, combined cycle, multi-fuel, hydrogen-ready high-speed catamaran that will connect Gotland with the Swedish mainland.
The container terminal operator from the Port of Klaipėda saw Realtime Business Solutions (RBS) migrating the terminal operating system (TOS) from TOPS Advance to TOPS Expert.
The Finnish Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) saw the launching and christening (by Barbara Baker, Governor of Tasmania) of the second in a series of two ferries for the Tasmanian TT-Line Company.
The Swedish shipping company and the Australian shipbuilder are proceeding with their work on the former's high-speed catamaran, Horizon X (earlier known as Gotland Hydrocat).
The first of two brand-new ferries for the Tasmanian TT-Line Company got its name at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMV), with Deborah Grainger from Australia as the godmother.
Incat Tasmania has selected the Finnish tech company's battery electric propulsion system and waterjets for the 130 m long zero-emission, lightweight vessel.
