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Megastar

Meyer Turku Shipyard delivered the Designed for the Tallinn-Helsinki route Megastar will take onboard 2,800 pas- tures pubs and bars, 2,800 square me-

LNG fast ferry Megastar to owner Tal- exclusively, Megastar will comply with sengers and offers three travel classes ters of shopping area and a children’s link in January 2017, a ferry which be- the current and future emission regula- (Star, Comfort and Business), as well playground. For car passengers, double gain plying the Helsinki-Tallinn route tions for the Emission Control Areas as two separate lounges for standard level loading and wider car deck access on January 29. The 212-m-long Mega- (ECA), including the Baltic Sea. Mega- class: a Sitting lounge and Driver’s will improve the loading and unloading star uses lique? ed natural gas (LNG) as star’s hull shape also results in sub- lounge for cargo drivers. There are time. Supermarket type of parking ga- fuel, but is also able to run on marine stantial fuel savings during operation. seven different restaurants and cafés on rage accessible during the voyage will diesel. With LNG, the vessel will create Megastar is co-? nanced by European board, including a buffet restaurant, a add convenience to travelers who take no sulfur or soot particles and decreas- Union, the Connecting Europe Facil- la carte restaurant, fast food restaurant advantages of the Megastar’s shopping ing the nitrogen and CO2 emissions. ity, Transport – Motorways of the sea. and cafés. In addition, the new ship fea- possibilities.

Windea Leibniz MOL Triumph

The new wind farm service vessel Win- which has been working at the Dutch dea Leibniz was delivered from Ulstein Gemini wind farm since August 2016.

Verft to Bernhard Schulte Offshore and Both vessels were designed by Ulstein

ICBC Leasing. Beginning in April, the ves- Design & Solutions AS and built at Ul- sel will work at the Sandbank wind farm stein Verft in Norway. According to the in the German Bight for Siemens Wind builder, the usage of the service operation

Power Service to help ensure energy pro- vessels (SOV) will improve the ef? cien- duction from the site’s 72 wind turbines. cy of service operations at offshore wind

Windea Leibniz is the second wind farms. The vessel functions as a platform farm service vessel in a series for Ham- for wind farm operations and mainte- burg based shipping company Bernhard nance support, technician accommoda-

Schulte and the Beijing based ? nancial tion and transport, as well as the provision company ICBC Leasing, following on the of exceptional levels of safe and reliable

First 20,150 TEU delivery of sister vessel Windea La Cour access to offshore installations.

Containership

Photo: Samsung Heavy Industries Photo: Meyer Turku Shipyard

A new 20,150 TEU containership CEO Dae-Young Park and MOL CEO has captured the “world’s largest” title: Junichiro Ikeda, among others. The ves-

MOL Triumph, the ? rst in a series of sel is expected to join the Alliance FE2 new mega containerships for Japan’s loop connecting Asia and northern Eu-

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., (MOL) was rope. In addition to the four vessels on named at Samsung Heavy Industries, order at SHI, MOL also has an memo-

Ltd.’s (SHI) Geoje, South Korea ship- randum of understanding with Shoei yard. MOL Triumph is the ? rst of four Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. for the long-term 20,000 TEU class ultra-large container charter of two additional 20,000 TEU carriers ordered by MOL in February containerships to be built at Imabari 2015 to be built by SHI for 2017 deliv- Shipbuilding Co., Ltd and launched in ery. MOL Triumph, with a breadth of 2017. These vessels will also join the 58.8m and draft of 32.8m, was named Asia-Europe trade. Imabari has orders during a ceremony attended by SHI for 11 20,000 TEU vessels.

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