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Stena orders the construction of four ferries to Chinese ship yard AVIC Shipyard
the store clerk includes options for other four ships ro-pax
April 5, 2016
The shipowning group Swedish Stena has ordered the construction of four ferries to Chinese ship yard AVIC Shipyard di Weihai, with options for other four ships ro-pax. The first four new units, that they will have an ability to about thousand passengers and beyond three thousand linear meters of rotabili and will be able to use methanol or liquified natural gas which fuel, will be taken in delivery in the course of 2019 and 2020.
The first four new ro-pax will be employed by the company Stena Line on the nordeuropee marine routes. "We - the president of Stena Line has explained, Dan Sten Olsson - preview a continuous increase of the sea question of services short in Europe North and many other world-wide regions. If our objective is of having sustainable societies, the transport with ferries will tomorrow play an essential role in the definition of the logistic infrastructure. The transport by sea is not only the more efficient way from the environmental point of view in order to enliven the goods, but it is also the infrastructure that offers a efficient and fast logistics with a public cost absolutely limited. With this investment - it has concluded Olsson - we prepare Stena Line for an ulterior increase".
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