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 two have partnered to set up the production plant, formerly known as FlagshipONE (bought by the Danish Ørsted in December 2022 and shelved in the summer of last year), additionally doubling its yearly capacity to 100 thousand tonnes of e-methanol.
The Swedish seaport will invest around SEK700 million (€62.1m) in infrastructure development and equipment, including in quay lengthening, a crane, dredging, yard space, as well as in railways and a marshalling yard.
The Port of Fredericia as well as the ports of Lübeck and Trelleborg will receive funds from the Connecting Europe Facility's (CEF) Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) for setting up onshore power supply (OPS) facilities.
The Gothenburg-based shipping line will incorporate their fellow professionals from Harwich, extending the company's scope westwards as well as within the Baltic.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leap will support the French company with up to €11 million (SEK130m) for the development of a 10-megawatt electrolyser site in Vaggeryd in South-central Sweden.
The Land and Environmental Court in Umeå has given its green light for the development of the e-methanol production facility that will be connected to the Dåvaverket cogeneration plant of Umeå Energi.
After a charter gig for Irish Ferries (as James Joyce between Dublin and Holyhead), the ferry has returned to the fleet of Tallink and will, as of 9 February 2025, sail between Kapellskär and Paldiski.
The Turkish Sanmar Shipyards will deliver the ASD electric 1,818kWh tug in H2 2025 for serving traffic in the Øresund Strait between Denmark and Sweden.
