VIDEO: Wartsila Powers LNG Fueled Viking Grace (Finland)

Among the large passenger vessels built to date, m/s Viking Grace is the most environmentally sound and most energy efficient. The Viking Grace entered service in 2013 and operates between Turku and Stockholm in the Baltic Sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ga5JUGL-AU

Wärtsilä has provided a multitude of environmentally sound solutions to the ship, including:

• Four Wärtsilä 8L50DF dual-fuel main engines
• Transverse bow and stern tunnel thrusters
• Two fixed pitch propellers
• Propeller shaft lines including environmentally sound, non-polluting shaft line seal systems
• LNG tanks and fuel supply and handling equipment
• Safety and automation systems

Viking Line and Wärtsilä have for a long time successfully cooperated on ship propulsion systems. Over the years Wärtsilä has been the main supplier of diesel engines for Viking Line’s new vessels.

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LNG World News Staff, October 29, 2013; Image: Wärtsilä