Turku in the beginning of 2017. Jan Meyer,
cause to celebrate, having secured a long
generate 100 percent power at sea – pro-
CEO of Meyer Turku Oy, has commented
term order book until 2020.
ducing another industry-first innovation
for Carnival Corporation and its brands.
that with the construction of the new
Tallink fast ferry, the shipyard is taking “the
TOTAL PACKAGE
Using LNG to power the ships in port and
next step” in the technical development
As per agreement, the blockbuster deal
at sea will eliminate emissions of soot par-
of the LNG ferries – all tailored to the spe-
will pioneer a new era in the use of sus-
ticles and sulphur oxides.
cific needs of the customer. For the Turku
tainable fuels as the four new ships will be
Bernard Meyer, CEO of Meyer Werft,
yard, this order boosts the production
the first in the cruise industry to use LNG
noted in connection to the contract that
volume for 2016 as much as 30 % above
in dual-powered hybrid engines to power
in past years, Meyer Werft has built seven
the 2015 level; the project also gives
the ship, both in port and on the open sea.
highly successful ships for Carnival’s AIDA
approximately 2
000 person-years of
LNG will be stored onboard and used to
Cruises, so there is a lot of history there –
employment for the shipyard and the supplier network.
GREEN TO THE CORE
In addition to using LNG as fuel, the Tallink
new-build will comply with the new and
stricter emission regulations for the ECA
areas, including the Baltic Sea. The highly
innovative hull form will minimise the
hydrodynamic flow resistance, which
together with other cutting-edge solutions will bring significant improvement in
energy efficiency. Efficient and fast cargo
turnaround in ports has also been taken
into account in the design of the fast ferry.
The client, Tallink Grupp, is expecting
the new shuttle vessel to pave the way for
the next era of fast ferry service on the Tallinn-Helsinki route – and to become a real
benchmark for the whole industry that is
increasingly turning towards greener technologies and concepts.
CARNIVAL WANTS FOUR
LNG was also the centre piece of the conversations between Carnival Corporation, Meyer Turku and the mother company Meyer Werft over the spring/summer,
as Carnival was inquiring about the possibility of building as many as four cruise
ships in the coming years.
The order is so massive that it needs
to be split in half, with Meyer Werft in
Papenburg, Germany, building two ships
and Turku taking care of the other two.
This quartet of 180 000 GT cruise ships will
feature a revolutionary “green cruising”
design and will be the first-ever “pure”
cruise ships powered by LNG at sea.
With these orders being announced
on the 15th of June, Meyer Turku had
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LNG is clearly
trending in
the global marine
industry.