The ferry is a modern ship with 2 cargo decks. It accommodates around 800 passengers and has a freight capacity of 1,500 lane meters for trucks and cars. The vessel is designed to be environmentally friendly, with a machinery running on a dual fuel and battery solution. The main source of fuel is liquefied natural gas, LNG. The vessel will also be able to utilise biogas.
The Association for Finnish Work has awarded the Key flag symbol to Aurora Botnia as a recognition of a product made in Finland. It was built by Rauma Marine Contructions in Finland and is over 80% domestic made.
Services on board
Deck 7
- Business, Comfort, and Pet Lounge
- Shop
- Kids’ area
- Bar and Pub
- Conference rooms
- Information
- Entrance/Exit
Deck 8
Facts
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
- Bio/LNG gas solutions – fuel gas handling, gas tanks land and sea and bunkering
- Catalyst for max reduction of NOx (exceeding IMO Tier III requirement)
- Waste heat and cool recovery to maximise energy use
POWER GENERATION
- 2-stage turbocharged multi-fuel engines (BioGas)
- Power Conversion/ Drives with high redundancy
- Hybrid solution with batteries and inductive charging
- Built in Flexibility to swap or add power sources
NAVIGATION
- Smart bridge enabling autonomous shipping and remote navigation
AUTOMATION
- Integrated Automation System with Smart Power Management System of engines and batteries
OPTIMIZED OPERATIONS & PERFORMANCE
- Condition Based & Predictive Maintenance
- Remote operation & services
PASSENGER FLOW AND EXPERIENCE
- Flexible use of passenger areas with intelligent ventilation and lighting
- Auto-trim connected to Automatic loading – unloading with led traffic lights
- Autoregistering of cars
- Smart cabins
TECHNOLOGY
- Dual fuel with LNG as primary energy source
- Possibility to use LBG
- Electric propulsion drive with Azimuth thruster units
- Battery power for port entry/departure, peak shaving, hotel load and boost power
- Energy recovery and environmental footprint in focus
- Ice Class 1A Super
- Passenger and crew comfort
SOLAS 2020 and “Stockholm agreement” stability rules
- Marine evacuation system (“no life boats”)
- No separators, green filter technique
- NACOS Platinum navigation
MAIN DIMENSIONS
- Loa: 150.0 m
- Lwl: 137.8 m
- Beam mld.: 26.0 m
- Draught, design: 6.10 m
- Gross tonnage, about: 24 300 t
- Deadweight, design abt.: 3 500 t
- Max. persons onboard (LSA): 1 000
CAPACITIES
- Passengers: 800
- Lane metres: 1 500
- Cabins: 68
- Speed: 20 kn
- Public Decks: 2
