Wärtsilä to power fuel efficient RoPax ferry
Wärtsilä announced today it has been selected to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish owned ferry, Ship & Bunker reports.
Good fuel efficiency and low levels of emissions were said to be important considerations in the selection process of the equipment which, at 151.4 tonnes, was said the be the lowest in its class - a contributing factor to the relatively high payload that the vessel will be able to carry.
The 700 passenger, 143 car / 26 truck RoPax will be built at the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft shipyard in Germany.
The order was placed in December 2012 by Lloyds Banking Group, and the vessel will be leased by Caledonian Maritime Assets, Ltd (CMAL).
Aaron Bresnahan, Vice President, Wärtsilä Ship Power Sales said: "CMAL is a progressive, forward-looking company focused on design optimisation for lowest emission, lowest fuel consumption and best vessel availability. This approach is a perfect match with Wärtsilä's strategy. We have worked closely with both the owner and the yard earlier, and we have been privileged to work with them again on this project."
The new ferry will replace two existing ferries on the route connecting the mainland of northwest Scotland with the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides.
