Wärtsilä to upgrade scrubbers on four Color Line ships

With pressure growing for bans on the discharge of exchaust gas scrubber wash water, Norway’s Color Line has placed an order that will see Wärtsilä add close-looped functionality to the current open-loop scrubbers on four of its vessels. The scrubber upgrade will be carried out on two large Color Line Ro-Pax and two high-speed Ro-Pax vessels, which sail between Norway and Denmark, and Norway and Germany, and will commence at the latter end of 2024.

Denmark will ban scrubber water discharges

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https://www.marinelog.com/legal/compliance/wartsila-to-upgrade-scrubbers-on-four-color-line-ships/

Digitalisation of Color Line’s operations supported by Telenor Maritime’s Unified Hosting Service™

Sustainability through digitalisation: Telenor Maritime has installed its Unified Hosting Service (UHS®) on board Color Line’s fleet of five ferries, supporting the process of digitalising its operations and sustainability strategy. From January 2023, the open and vendor-neutral data hosting...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/digitalisation-of-color-lines-operations-supported-by-telenor-maritimes-unified-hosting-service/

Color Line improves the energy efficiency of its vessels with Elogrid

Color Line has ordered the Elogrid solution from Elomatic for two of its passenger car ferries to improve their energy efficiency. The Elogrid grid design for thruster openings reduces the additional resistance of vessels. This reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Elogrid also...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/color-line-improves-the-energy-efficiency-of-its-vessels-with-elogrid/

Color Line boosts ships’ energy efficiency with Elomatic solution

Norway-based ferry operator Color Line has ordered the Elogrid solution from Finnish engineering and consulting company Elomatic for two of its passenger car ferries to improve their energy efficiency.

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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/color-line-boosts-ships-energy-efficiency-with-elomatic-solution/

Mink Virus Forces Denmark to Shut Down Passenger Traffic to and from North Jutland

On 9 November, the Danish authorities introduced restrictions in the Northern part of Jutland, to reduce the spreading and development of a mink virus variant. It has been decided that all mink herds in Denmark must be slaughtered. Stena Line has decided to temporarily stop the passenger operation...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/mink-virus-forces-denmark-to-shut-down-passenger-traffic-to-and-from-north-jutland/