
Ships will certainly be biggest RO/RO vessels developed to Ice Class 1A Super
A brand-new Swedish delivering firm has actually bought a collection of LNG sustained newbuilds at Chinese shipbuilder CMC Raffles that will certainly be the biggest RO/RO vessels so far developed to Finnish/Swedish Ice Class 1A Super.
The brand-new firm– Wallenius SOL– will certainly transfer woodland items and also various other products in a network covering the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and also theNorth Sea Founders are both delivery firms Wallenius and also Swedish Orient Line, SOL. The initially clients to authorize lasting arrangements are Stora Enso and also Mets ä Board.
“Together we can offer a strong mix of experience and competence, which can support a growing forest industry,” states Ragnar Johansson, Managing Director Wallenius SOL. “Wallenius has experience from industrial shipping, shipowning, shipbuilding and ship management. SOL brings the competence of logistics from forest industry and other types of cargo in this geographical area.”
“We rely upon effective and also lasting transportations for our items,” states Knut Hansen, SVP Logistics Global,Stora Enso “The collaboration with Wallenius SOL will certainly improve our possibilities to complete worldwide, while at the very same time the brand-new vessels will certainly minimize ecological effect.”
Initially, Wallenius SOL is running 5 vessels in support ofStoro Enso It will certainly accumulate to 4 of the LNG sustained newbuilds, with distributions prepared for 2021.
They will certainly be classified by Lloyd’s Register and also fly the Swedish Flag.
Designed by Denmark’s Knud E. Hansen, they will certainly be 241.7 m long and also 35.2 m vast with a capability of 5,800 lane meters and also a solution rate of 20 knots.
Each will certainly be outfitted with 2 Type C LNG storage tanks.
