M/S Viking Grace

Among the large passenger Wärtsilä delivers propulsion machinery for vessels built to date, the new M/S Viking Grace passenger ferry to M/S Viking Grace will be the be built for Viking Line by STX Finland at the most environmentally sound shipyard in Turku. The vessel is scheduled to and most energy efficient. enter service in 2013. Viking Grace stands for style, Viking Grace will operate between design and atmosphere and will Turku and Stockholm in the Baltic Sea. The take 2800 passengers. agreement includes an option for the supply of equipment for a similar sister ship. Increased passenger comfort Growing together WÄRTSILÄ’S ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Due to the lowest possible pressure impulses Viking Line and Wärtsilä have for a long SOLUTIONS FOR VIKING GRACE: generated by the propellers, the vibration time successfully co-operated on ship •• Four Wärtsilä 8L50DF dual-fuel level in the stern hull is very low. Wärtsilä will propulsion systems. Over the years Wärtsilä main engines supply a sound-absorbing system to minimise has been the main supplier of diesel engines •• Transverse bow and noise generated by the engine, thus increasing for Viking Line’s new vessels. stern tunnel thrusters passenger comfort. A low noise level is also – It is in our best interests to co-operate •• Two fixed pitch propellers important as the vessel’s route passes through with Wärtsilä, the experts in the development •• Propeller shaft lines including the Turku and Stockholm archipelagos. of new types of engines, use of alternative environmentally sound, non-polluting fuels, low specific fuel consumption and shaft line seal systems Clean and strong environmentally safe operation. Wärtsilä •• LNG tanks and fuel supply and Thanks to Wärtsilä’s dual-fuel technology, is a domestic supplier close to us and handling equipment the vessel can operate without restrictions offers us the opportunity to collaborate •• Safety and automation systems in the SECA and NECA sulphur and nitrogen operation, engine maintenance, technical monitoring areas. training and field testing. All this is very Viking Grace will be capable of carrying important especially now that Viking Line cars, trucks and road trailers on short is entering a new era of gas-electric driven international voyages. The construction of operation, says Tony Öhman, Technical the machinery, equipment, outfitting and Director in charge of Marine Operations and structure will be monitored by the Lloyd’s Newbuilding at Viking Line. Register of Shipping classification company.

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