Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2023
Finnlines takes delivery of hybrid RoPax
Finnsirius | China Merchants Jinling Shipyard has handed over the first of two ice-class RoPax ferries, Finnsirius , to Helsinki-based Finnlines. Together with its sister ship, Finncanopus , due for delivery by the end of this year, the vessel will operate on the route between Nantaali in Finland, Långnäs in the Åland Islands, and Sweden’s Kapellskär. The new ships are part of Finnlines’ EUR 500 million Green Newbuilding Programme for both RoRo and RoPax ships. The air-lubricated vessels will have battery packs, exhaust gas abatement, waste heat recovery, ballast water treatment, and auto-mooring systems....