Fjord perfect

摘要

The steel hulls for Fjord Line's new cruise ferries are being built at the Stocznia Gdansk yard in Poland and when completed assembly, fitting and finishing work will be done at Fosen in Norway. The first ship Stavangerfjord, is due to be delivered in 2012 with an operational start date in October. Ingvald Fardal, president and CEO of Norway's Fjord Line, said his company is planning a dual fuel LNG upgrade within a year of two newbuilds being delivered in late 2012. He told the recent Interferry conference in Barcelona that: "Where we operate is the strictest control area in the world and it's going to get even tighter. We know that switching from HFO to distillate is going to cost a lot of money and we are not attracted to the scrubber option, so LNG seems a very good alternative.