New Baleària innovative fast ferry will feature Wärtsilä propulsion solutions
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 6 February 2023 at 10.30 AM EETThe technology group Wärtsilä will supply dual-fuel engines and high-performance axial flow waterjets for a new High-Speed Ro-Pax ferry. The ship, the ‘Margarita Salas’, is being built at the Astilleros Armon Gijon yard in Spain on behalf of the Spanish shipping company Baleària. It will have the same dimensions as its sister-vessel, the ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’, which at 123 metres is currently the longest High-Speed ferry in the world in operation. The order was included in Wärtsilä’s order book in April 2022. While