Dutch Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has started building the new LABRAX multipurpose dry cargo vessel with diesel-electric propulsion for UK-based shipowner Carisbrooke Shipping.
Finland-based naval architecture and engineering consultancy Foreship has been contracted to support compatriot shipping company Wasaline in delivering a battery upgrade on MV Aurora Botnia that will see the ferry’s energy storage capacity increase nearly sixfold.
