ESL Shipping’s New Eco Bulkers to Transit Northern Sea Route to Baltic Sea
Finnish delivering firm ESL Shipping will certainly send its 2 brand-new environment-friendly mass providers via the Northern Sea Route to Baltic Sea for their initial trip from the shipyard.
The 2 vessels, called Vikki as well as Haaga, are called the globe’s most eco-friend mass providers. Vikki was supplied today from the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China, complying with shipment of Haaga on August 20. The 2 160-meter, 25,000 dwt ice-class vessels are powered by LNG, producing half much less co2 than the previous generation of vessels, according to ESL.
ESL Shipping is had by Aspo Plc.
Like its sis ship Haaga, Viikki will certainly initially head from the shipyard to Japan, where it will certainly show up totally stuffed at the Baltic Sea about at the end of October.
The strategy is that both vessels will certainly take a trip to the Baltic Sea by means of the Northern Sea Route, reducing traveling time by almost 3 weeks contrasted to experiencing the Panama Canal.
“These new, next-generation vessels are a good example of how Aspo as a responsible owner is aiming to help mitigate climate change. Their passage via the Northern Sea Route is a concrete indication of the impact of climate change – but also of new business opportunities. Only a handful of merchant vessels traveling the world’s seas are ice-strengthened. All 50 ESL Shipping vessels are heavily ice-strengthened. What is more, we have excellent special expertise in operating in the Arctic”, claims Aki Ojanen, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Aspo Plc as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ESL Shipping.
The newbuilding task belongs to the Bothnia Bulk task, which is partially moneyed by the EU. The 2 ships will certainly run year-round in the north Baltic Sea in between the ports of Lule å, Oxel ösund as well as Raahe.
The vessels have actually been created by Deltamarin in Finland, as well as European tools distributors have actually offered approximately 60 percent of all vessel systems.
Last month, Maersk Line disclosed a comparable strategy to send out among its newbuild ice-class containerships via the Northern Sea Route as component of a one-off trial run. The vessel, called Venta Maersk, remains in the middle of that trip as we talk.
