Wasaline’s new car and passenger ferry Aurora Botnia was awarded with international “Ropax Ferry of the Year 2021” -prize at the Ferry Shipping Summit held in Amsterdam in September.
According to Frans Baud, managing director of the Ferry Shipping Summit, Aurora Botnia is a fantastic newbuilding project for a one-ship operator. The vessel has been designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible, combining dual fuel engines, mainly running on LNG, with battery solutions and the vessel can also be run on biogas. Furthermore, Baud stated that it is locally built.
Kudos has designed all the public areas and passenger cabins of this world’s most environmentally friendly ferry and recycled materials are used in both spaces. For example, table tops and counters are made from recycled plastic and the cabin carpets contain fibres from recycled fishing nets.