Caterpillar to power "most fuel-efficient ferries in world" for Stena Line

Each ferry will be equipped with two MaK™ 12 M 43 C propulsion engines. With 3,100 lane metres in a drive-through configuration (length of 212m and width of 27.8m), the ferries will have capacity to carry 1,000 passengers on board, including 73 crew members. The ferries will be constructed at AVIC Weihai SY with Turku-based Deltamarin as the design house.
In addition to the engines and required gearboxes, Caterpillar will be supplying two MPP1500F controllable pitch propellers and two MPP1410F controllable pitch propellers.
“The propellers have the unique ability to be put in full feathering position, enabling the vessel to operate with only one propeller in certain modes. This improves vessel flexibility and reduces operating costs while at the same time increases safety on board the vessel,” noted Mattias Hansson, engineering manager at Caterpillar's Marine Solution Centre. “The full feathering feature is entirely automatic and selectable via the control system.”
Cat dealer Pon Power AS led Caterpillar efforts in the project and will continue to manage subsequent service of the Caterpillar solutions.
"The Stena project is a significant milestone for both Pon Power AS and Caterpillar Marine as Stena Line is one of the first leading European ferry operators to place such an order from a Chinese shipyard,” said Erik Hass, key account manager at Denmark's Pon Power AS.