• 07 Jan 2015

December 24, 2014. AS Tallink Grupp and Meyer Turku Oy signed a letter of intent for the construction of an environmentally friendly car-passenger ferry for the Finnish Tallinn-Helsinki route shuttle operations. The ship will cost around 230 million euros and will be built at Turku shipyard for delivery in the beginning of 2017. The project will provide approximately 2.000 man-years employment for the shipyard. The new ferry will be about 212 metres in length with a gross tonnage of 49.000. The ship will operate on the route between Helsinki and Tallinn and she is planned to carry 2.800 passengers. The ship will bring significant improvement in energy efficiency, which is achieved by applying numerous innovations and new technical solutions. Green values, reduction of all emissions, minimizing the amount of waste and increasing recycling utilization, have been very carefully taken into account in the design of the ferry. The ship uses LNG as fuel and she complies with the new and stricter emission regulations for the Emission Control Areas (ECA) including the Baltic Sea. Over the next few months Tallink Grupp and Meyer Turku will work on the shipbuilding contract and financing arrangements. Source: GNV Magazine