The Marseille-based container shipping major has entered into agreement with Containerships' parent company Container Finance to acquire the Finnish short sea operator.
The facility will be built by Wärtsilä under a turnkey contract, as the project recently reached financial close along with receiving the necessary building permits.
Finnlines has chartered, under a bareboat agreement, the ferry to the Balearia Eurolineas Maritimas, which most likely will deploy her between Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca.
Viking Line's LNG-run cruise ferry is the world's first passenger ship to be equipped with a rotor sail thanks to which she'll be able to use wind as an auxiliary source of power for propulsion.
Multi-Link Terminals, operating a container handling facility in the Vuosaari Harbour, will receive in 2019 what's said to be the biggest widespan ship-to-shore (STS) crane ever made by Konecranes.
