Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two new methanol battery-hybrid NewMax vessels Stena Line is to deploy on its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea route in 2025.
On order at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for Stena RoRo, the ships will be the world’s first methanol fueled hybrid RO/RO vessels .
Each vessel will be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines that, as well as being capable of operating on methanol, will have an ammonia...