During the past twelve months, various record-sized ferries have been delivered, and new technically innovative ones have been contracted: In May /September 2010, Ro-Pax ferries »Stena Hollandica/Britannica« (each 62,000 GT; 5,500 m truck-lanes; 1,200 passengers in 538 cabins) came into service, followed by P&O's "Spirit of Britain« (47,600 GT; 3,746 m truck lanes; 2,000 day-passengers without cabins). Cargo ferry »Bore Sea« (25,235 GT; 2,863 m truck-lanes) was launched this February and will be delivered in April. By the change of the years 2010/2011 the first really »Green Ferry« was ordered by Finnish Viking Line (57,000 GT; 1,275 m truck-lanes; 2,800 passengers in 880 cabins). This luxury cruise ferry will use LNG (liquefied natural gas) as fuel and will have no marine emissions, and its aerial emissions are to be extremely low.
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