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M/V Future Way

Image courtesy Wallenius Marine

Wallenius Marine's new vessel Future Way, based on the Marine, have enabled us to take further steps towards truly

Sleipner design concept, was christened in Emden, Germany sustainable shipping with Future Way.” said Johan Mattsson, in September. The ship, built at CIMC Raf? es, China , features CEO of Wallenius Marine.

an advanced hydro- and aerodynamic design, and contributes A distinctive feature is that the ship can cross the Atlantic to reducing emissions, energy use and environmental impact. without ballast water in loaded condition. This both reduces

This is the ? rst of two car carriers that will go on charter for the risk of spreading invasive species and makes the vessel

Volkswagen between Europe and North America. lighter, leading to lower fuel consumption.

With the Sleipner concept and the Future Way vessel, Wal- Future Way and its sister ship, Way Forward, are both pow- lenius Marine and Danish design ? rm Knud E. Hansen seek to ered by engines from MAN Energy Solutions, engines that emit raise the bar for innovation in the Pure Car and Truck Carriers less CO2, nitrogen oxides, soot particles and sulfur oxides. (PCTC) segment. The vessel's cargo capacity is equivalent to 6,500 cars, which “The Sleipner concept is the result of close co-operation be- are loaded and unloaded through the center ramp system, a long tween Wallenius, Knud E. Hansen and VW Group. The cus- ramp serving all decks. On the ship, the crew has a gym, recre- tomer's needs and experience, combined with the shipbuild- ational facilities and modern social areas that follow the tradition- ing and design expertise of Knud E. Hansen and Wallenius al Wallenius idea of the ship being ‘a home away from home’. st 1 of nine Venture Gator

Venture Gator is the ? rst LNG vessel for Venture Global, launched at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoji-si,

South Korea. Venture Gator is the ? rst of nine LNG carriers in the Venture Global ? eet to be completed in quick succes- sion across three shipyards in South Korea over the coming 24 months, built to transport LNG from the U.S. to multiple global partners and destinations. The ship deploys best-in- class environmental and ef? ciency technology and will be pri- marily fueled by Venture Global’s lique? ed natural gas. The

Venture Gator and progressively the ? eet’s other eight ships will commence serving our global partners in Europe and Asia beginning this fall.

Venture Gator is a 174,000 cubic meter ship, in a state-of- the-art ? eet which showcases the industry’s newest, clean technologies for transporting LNG across the world. The new hull design; onboard relique? cation for liquefying gas which has boiled-off in transit; an air-lubrication systems; an auxil- iary shaft generator and an exhaust gas recirculation systems

Courtesy Venture Global (to reduce methane).

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