During this year's season, the country's seaports handled a total of 311 cruise ship calls (incl. intra-Baltic liner traffic cruise ferries), with 564,300 travellers on-board the vessels.
The Klaipeda-based Western Baltija Shipbuilding has signed a contract with the Norwegian Ulstein Verft regarding hull block production for Color Line's hybrid ferry.
The joint initiative of the Ports of Stockholm, the Port of Turku, the Port of Mariehamn, and Viking Line will receive up to EUR 12.7 mln from the Connecting Europe Facility.
The Finnish corporation will supply Germany's first dual-fuel LNG-run research vessel with engines, exhaust cleaning systems, and a complete fuel gas handling system.
