Viking's charge into a new era

摘要

The keel-laying ceremony of Viking Line's new state-of-the-art LNG-fuelled newbuilding took place at the beginning of March at the STX shipyard in Turku, Finland.The event represented the next tentative step towards a new era in the ro-ro sector, the vessel type which is likely to be most adversely affected by the EU's forthcoming sulphur emissions regulation, due to come into force at the beginning of 2015.It is no surprise then that it is in northern Europe - principally the Baltic and North Seas, and English Channel - where the cutting edge in ro-ro design is taking place.