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Sat, 28 Feb, 2015 12:07:09 AM FTimes – STT Report, Feb 28  Tallink ship. Photo – Lehtikuva. Cruise ship operator AS Tallink Group and Meyer Turku shipyard have signed a contract for the construction of liquid natural gas powered ferry to operate in the Tallinn-Helsinki route.
"Meyer Turku is very happy to continue the long and good tradition to build ferries for Tallink and with our new and advanced LNG propulsion plant we are lifting this partnership to the next technological level," said an Meyer, CEO of Meyer Turku in a release.
The shipyard confirmed that the ferry will cost 230 million euros and the delivery is expected in the beginning of 2017.
The ferry construction project will provide an estimated 2,000 man-years employment for the shipyard.
CEO of AS Tallink Grupp, Janek Stalmeister said that Tallink wants to develop sea travel and to revolutionize business concepts and the project will be one of the attempts to succeed on that.
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