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Viking Line will order the construction of a ferry to the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co.
Signed a letter of attempts that includes an option for a second ship
November 23, 2016
Today the company of Finnish navigation Viking Line has undersigned a letter of attempts with the Chinese ship yard Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. in sight of an order for the construction of a ferry that will have to be delivered in the spring of 2020. The previewed investment piles to about 190 million euros. According to the forecasts, the order will be formalized in the course of the next spring. The letter of attempts includes an option for the construction of a second ship.
The ship that will be ordered in spring will have a tonnage of 63.000 tons, a length of 218 meters and will be able to transport 2,800 passengers and motor vehicles for a total of 1.500 linear meters. The ferry will have a fed system of propulsion to which liquified natural gas and will be employed on the route that connects the Finnish port of Turku with the Finnish islands Åland and the Swedish port of Stockholm.
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