LNG-fuelled ferry delivered
Published by David Rowlands,
Editor
LNG Industry,
The vessel is 212 m long, and is capable of carrying 2800 passengers and 800 passenger vehicles. It features modern dual-fuel engines that are capable of operating on LNG and marine diesel oil, and will comply with both current and future emission regulations for emission control areas (ECAs), including the Baltic Sea.
The vessel has a service speed of 27 knots and will operate on the existing Tallink shuttle service route from Tallinn (Estonia) to Helsinki (Finland). It will replace the current fast ferry, Superstar, commencing service on 29 January 2017.
The CEO of Tallink Grupp, Janek Stalmeister, said: “Connecting Finland and Estonia, and even further – Northern Europe to the Baltic States and being the preferred hub for that is an important goal for us. With Megastar, this hub becomes the most modern sea-hub in the region. At Tallink we have been researching what our customers want in a next generation ferry. Then we worked closely with Meyer Turku on a fresh and functional design of the ship and I am sure the outcome will please all our customers. We are very thankful to Meyer Turku for listening carefully to our wishes and building an excellent ship for us.
“Delivering this ship full of latest environmentally friendly technologies and exceeding our expectations in fuel efficiency and increased comfort level with low vibrations Megastar nicely demonstrates the excellence and quality of Meyer Turku and Finnish shipbuilding.”
Jan Meyer, the CEO of Meyer Turku, added: “We started Megastar by imagining how a new design can again bring a next level of improvements to ferry operation. It follows over a year of design work that is closely linked and partly overlapping with the pre-production, assembly, fine-tuning and testing the ship. Yet the big moment of hard truth comes in the end, when we are delivering one large and sophisticated ship, like we did today with Tallink Megastar – a product of great team work that is bigger than all the individual efforts.
We thank Tallink for their trust in us and for the good collaboration. I also thank all those who built the ship: our shipbuilding team in Turku and our many specialised suppliers.”
Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/small-scale-lng/24012017/lng-fuelled-ferry-delivered/
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