Skangas, a unit of Gasum, said it has started building a natural gas pipeline from the LNG terminal under construction in Pori, Finland, to Kaanaa industrial park.

The connection pipeline is due for commissioning in May 2016, the company said in a statement.

The main gas user in the Kaanaa industrial park is Huntsman Pigments and Additives Oy.

Continental European market leader in the cruise sector to receive the largest ever built ships based on guest capacity. The first-ever cruise-ships powered at sea by Liquefied Natural Gas.

Costa Cruises today announced an order to build two next-generation cruise ships, with the largest guest capacity in the world. They will feature a revolutionary “green design”: the two ships will be the first in the cruise industry (together with the two new ships previously announced for Aida Cruises, the German brand of Costa Group) to be powered at sea by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the world’s cleanest burning fossil fuel, representing a major environmental breakthrough.

The two ships will be built by Meyer shipyard in Turku, Finland, with delivery in 2019 and 2020. Each of them will exceed 180,000 gross tonnage, offering more than 2,600 passenger cabins for a total of 6,600 passengers onboard.

German shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG has been selected by Crystal Cruises to build three new Exclusive Crystal Class ocean cruise vessels.

Namely, owner of the company Genting Hong Kong has signed a letter of intent with Lloyd Werft to build the polar ice class vessels, which will have the capacity to accommodate 1,000 passengers, boasting over 100,000 tons each. The first ship is expected to deliver in late 2018.

“With an impressive 100 tons of space per guest, the average space ratio for luxury cruise ships being 60 tons per person, our new ships’ guest-to-space rations will be vast in comparison to past, current and under-construction luxury ships, reaching all corners of the world safely, smoothly and in the utmost style and comfort,” said Crystal’s president and CEO, Edie Rodriguez.

The global cleantech company Evac has been chosen to supply its total waste management system to the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Atlantic Mercy.

Owned and operated by the non-profit Mercy Ships, the ship will provide medical care in the poorest parts of Africa. The vessel is now being constructed by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation at the Tianjin Xingang Shipyard.

The contract to supply the vessel was signed in May 2015 for delivery in 2016.

Helsingin Jätkäsaaren alueen rakentumisen yhteydessä myös siellä sijaitseva Helsingin Satama Oy:n Länsisatama uudistuu. Sataman uudistamisen yhteydessä sinne on tulossa uusi matkustajaterminaali kasvavan matkustaja- ja autoliikenteen tarpeisiin. Terminaalin on tarkoitus valmistua vuoden 2017 kevääksi, jolloin Tallinkin uusi LNG-käyttöinen alus aloittaa liikennöinnin Helsingistä.

Terminaalista tulee toinen Helsingin sataman terminaaleista, joka on alun perin rakennettu matkustajaterminaalikäyttöön. Tämä mahdollistaa sen käyttöön liittyvien vaatimusten huomioimisen mahdollisimman hyvin. Tällaisia edellytyksiä terminaalitoiminnan onnistumiselle ovat nykyään erilaiset ympäristönäkökohdat, kuten että rakennus tulee keskustaan, siihen liittyy ajoneuvoliikennettä ja melko suuria määriä ihmisiä, joiden sujuva kulku on taattava. Helsingin Satama Oy on halunnut ottaa etupainotteisesti ympäristömyönteisen otteen toiminnan kehittämiseksi.