Nurminen Logistics, on behalf of a Swedish customer, will organise a shipment that will go from Helsinki to the Port of Nhava Sheva in India along the multimodal International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
The auxiliary wind propulsion system for the 325k dwt ore carrier, owned by Pan Ocean Ship Management, will comprise five 24 m-high, 4.0 m in diameter, and tiltable rotors.
The first in a series of three brand-new ro-ros has been launched at the Chinese Nanjing Jinling Shipyard and is expected to connect Finland with the Bay of Biscay at the turn of the year.
The first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LBG) took place on 1 April - from a plant in Turku to Helsinki where it was used to bunker the gas-run patrol vessel Turva.
The Finnish Turku-based ship owner wants to create a hybrid ship to serve lake, canal, and sea feeder traffic, at the same time being 100% climate-neutral thanks to sailing on sustainably produced bio-oil and electricity stored in batteries.
