CIMC delivers new RoRo Cargo

The Botnia Enabler, sailing under the Swedish flag, was delivered on 13 May 2022 and will be joined by sister ship, Baltic Enabler, later this summer.

“We’re incredibly pleased and proud to welcome Botnia Enabler to our fleet,” said Ragnar Johansson, managing director, WALLENIUS SOL. “This vessel will play an important role for our customers, who need more capacity, and for us and our ability to reduce our environmental and climate impact.”

The ship has a length of 242 metres, a beam of 35.2 metres and the highest Finnish-Swedish ice class to cope with the harsh winter conditions in the Gulf of Bothnia.

The ship will be loading cargo in two Chinese ports before the she heads home to Europe, entering regular traffic on her Zeebrugge-Antwerp-Kokkola-Skellefteå-Oulu-Kemi-Travemünde route.

The addition of Botnia Enabler to the route means that container carrying capacity will increase by almost 300% from 336 teu to 1000 teu, and RoRo capacity will increase by almost 100%.

The Botnia Enabler is said to be significantly more energy efficient per transported unit than older vessels, and according to IVL’s calculations, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 63%, NOx by 96% and SOx and particulates both by 99%.