Tag: Finland

The Finnish shipping company, Containerships, announced they have launched their first LNG-fuelled container vessel, 'M/S Containerships Nord' at Wenchong Shipyard, on November 4th.

Wärtsilä announced it has secured a contract with Hamina LNG Oy to supply a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal to be built in Hamina, Finland. When the terminal is operational, from August 2020, LNG can be delivered very quickly also to major harbours in Finland by using trucks.

The One Sea – Autonomous Maritime Ecosystem announced the opening of the Jaakonmeri autonomous maritime test area, the first to be globally open to anyone wishing to test autonomous maritime traffic, vessels, or technologies related to it. 

Wärtsilä's announced that the Seabin project, aiming to bring floating rubbish bins to Finland, marks progress, as the Seabin floating rubbish bin was installed for test use in Turku guest harbour, on the Aurajoki river, today.

The European Union provides financial support to NextGen Link project, via the CEF Transport programme. The aim of the project is to upgrade an existing maritime link to cross the Baltic Sea from Finland to Sweden in the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor and to develop green shipping and port interconnections.

ESL Shipping announced that it christened its new eco-friendly dry cargo vessel, at the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China, on June 28. The ship was christened Viikki in honor of the shipping company’s tradition to name its ships for places in Helsinki.

A safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future is currently under development. The new technology has been developed for navigation systems and ship autopilots, which steer ships automatically.

The Finnish port of Helsinki announced that expects the upcoming cruise season to be even busier than last summer, as on the basis of advance bookings, it expects to welcome 270 international cruise ships, that will carry an estimated 440,000 visitors.