China Retailers yard delivers LNG-powered Santona to Stena and Brittany Ferries

China Retailers Jinling Shipyard in Weihai has delivered Stena’s LNG-powered ferry Santona which is able to serve French delivery agency Brittany Ferries.

The Chinese language shipyard mentioned in a press release it delivered the 214.5 meters lengthy ferry on December 22 throughout a web based ceremony attended by officers from Sweden’s Stena RoRo, Brittany Ferries, and classification society DNV.

In accordance with the shipbuilder, it delivered the vessel some two months forward of schedule.

That is the ninth E-Flexer class RoPax vessel China Retailers Jinling Shipyard in Weihai constructed for Stena.

Santona has a designed pace of 23 knots, a lane size of two,705 meters, and a capability of 1,015 passengers.

The vessel options Wartsila’s 12V46DF LNG dual-fuel important engine and meets the 1C ice class, the Chinese language shipyard beforehand mentioned.

It’s a sister ship to LNG-powered Salamanca. Brittany Ferries took supply of this vessel it chartered from Sweden’s Stena RoRo in November final 12 months.

In accordance with its web site, Brittany Ferries expects Santona to start out work in spring 2023.

The vessel will join Portsmouth with Santander, the capital of Cantabria and gateway to so-called inexperienced Spain.

Each Bilbao and Santander Ports host bunkering terminals to energy the 2 ships, provided by Spain’s Repsol.

Repsol is already supplying LNG in Bilbao to Salamanca whereas the agency is constructing the second LNG terminal in Santander.