Staffan Stenfelt, General manager Newbuildings, Mattias Kjellberg, Contract manager, and Ambjörn Fröjd, General manager, Finance & Business Control have worked intensively on the contract for Attica.
The two ships will be operated on long charter agreements with an option to purchase and a potential option for two more vessels.
The E-Flexer series is derived from a basic concept but with larger vessels than today’s standard RoPax ferries and are much more flexible. Each ship is tailored to customers’ needs, both com- mercially and technically. Optimized design of the hull, propellers and ruders helps to ensure that E-Flexer vessels are at the forefront when it comes to sustainability, performance and cost, as well as energy efficiency.
The vessels’ engines are of the multifuel type and can run on conventional marine fuel (HFO or MGO) or bio-diesel. In addition, the engines can be easily supplemented for methanol propulsion. The E-Flexer concept has been engineered in line with future environmental requirements and through its technical design, can meet both existing and future international requirements by a wide margin. The installation of battery-power gear means that in the future, the vessels will also be able to utilize batteries as a means of propulsion, either partly or completely, depending on developments in battery technology.
“The Attica E-Flexer vessels have been designed and commissioned in close cooperation with the customer and are the most tailor-made of our E-Flexer vessels to date,” says Stena RoRo Managing Director Per Westling. The design is extremely versatile and the ships, with their inherent flexibility in terms of different fuels, battery-hybrid operation and many other fuel-saving features, will play an important role in the green transition of Attica’s Adriatic RoPax ferry operation – Superfast Ferries.”
“Our agreement with Stena RoRo regarding the charter of two new state- of-the-art vessels sets new standards for the entire Greek ferry industry. It drastically reduces our environmental footprint, redefines the travel experience, and is a powerful response to the challenges of tomorrow,” says Panos Dikaios, CEO of Attica Group.
Stena RoRo currently has 15 confirmed orders for E-Flexer vessels with CMI Jinling, Weihai shipyard, as well as two New Max RoRo vessels. Ten ships have been delivered.