JG MARITIME SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Design of P & O Ferries Superferries
Design, construction & delivery of Ro-Ro Passenger Ferries
Major maritime employer P&O Ferries has announced that it will be building two new environmentally-friendly 'super-ferries' to begin operations on its Dover-Calais route by 2023.
The company has signed a €260 million contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International Ltd for the 230m ferries – the largest ever to sail between Dover and Calais – with options to build two further vessels by 2024.
Claimed by P&O Ferries chief executive Janette Bell to be 'the most sustainable ships ever to sail on the English Channel', each vessel is intended to have the following green innovations:
Cutting fuel use by 40 per cent through a combination of fuel and battery propulsion. All surplus energy generated by the engines will be stored in the battery.
A heat recovery system which saves fuel to reduce each vessel’s carbon footprint. A steam system will provide heating for ULSFO fuel heaters, fuel tanks, FO/LO purifier heaters and HVAC system reheating.
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