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The ship will operate on the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage site. <\/p>\n
It will work on the ferry connection to Dutch islands of Terschelling and Vlieland.<\/p>\n
The BMT-designed LNG catamaran is the first out of two 70-meter sister vessels featuring Rolls-Royce\u00a0twin MTU gas engines.<\/p>\n
The two new vessels will each have the capacity to transport up to 600 passengers and 64 cars across the Wadden Sea. <\/p>\n
Strategic Marine shipyard in Vietnam built both of the ships while Doeksen completed final outfiting and commissioning.<\/p>\n
According to Doeksen, the second ship, Willem de Vlamingh, will follow in September.<\/p>\n
The company says that these ships are the first Dutch single-fuel LNG-powered ferries.<\/p>\n
Doeksen also claims that these ferries are the world’s first ships with single-fuel LNG engines that can drive a fixed propeller directly.<\/p>\n
The IMO Tier III and EU stage V compliant engines each deliver 1,492 kW, enabling the vessels to reach cruising speeds of 14 knots. <\/p>\n
Emissions from the LNG engines fall “considerably below” the current IMO III limits.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the engine emits no sulfur oxides and only very small quantities of nitrogen oxide, Doeksen said.<\/p>\n
The shipping company plans to reduce CO2 emissions even more.<\/p>\n
It aims to achive this by “blending standard LNG with bio-LNG or LBG as soon as this type of fuel becomes sufficiently available”.<\/p>\n
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