The European Commission (COM) has approved the modified merger proposal of the two Finnish manufacturers of cargo handling equipment, following their promise to divest certain businesses.
Wärtsilä and the Grimaldi Group are trialling an open-loop exhaust gas treatment system that traps microplastic particles before the wash water returns to the sea.
Remontowa shipyard has ordered Wärtsilä's 31DF dual-fuel engines for the three ro-paxes, plus the producer's LNGPac fuel storage, supply and control system.
After a five-week-long journey from China, Viking Line's brand-new cruise ferry has called to the Finnish seaport, where she will get outfitted to start serving the Turku-Åland Islands-Stockholm route as of 1 March 2022.
The Finnish manufacturer will deliver the all-electric, busbars-powered, automated rubber-tired gantry cranes (ARTGs) in three phases, with the delivery of the first six machines expected in Q2 2023.
The ferry, offering room for 2,480 passengers and 900 lane metres of cargo capacity, will be taken off the Stockholm-Mariehamn-Turku service at the end of February, replaced by the brand-new Viking Glory.
The ro-pax - offering 3,099 lane metres of cargo capacity and room for 440 passengers - will join Finnclipper, Finntrader, and Finnpartner, increasing the route's daily round trips from three to four.
