Shipping company CLdN's newly built vessel Faustine made her first call at the Port of Gothenburg last week. Faustine is the company's most advanced vessel and can be operated on liquefied natural gas or biogas. Now she will deploy the route between the Port of Gothenburg and Zeebrugge. The ship reached Zeebrugge loaded with Swedish export goods for the first time. Faustine is the first of two vessels ordered by CLdN equipped with an LNG, high-pressure, two-stroke, dual-fuel propulsion system that can use liquefied natural gas or biogas or diesel.Faustine calls at at Gothenburg Roro Terminal in the Port of Gothenburg and is deployed on CLdN's existing traffic between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge. It is an important destination for Swedish trade with Central Europe, where Zeebrugge is an important hub with a catchment area that includes the entire BeNeLux area, Germany and France. Swedish export goods are also transhipped at Belgian ports for further transport to other European ports in the United Kingdom, Spain or Ireland, to name a few. Cargo to and from Belgium include foodstuff, vehicles, industrial components, steel and forest products.The Port of Gothenburg currently has a total of 12 departures to and from Belgium every week, including shipping companies DFDS and EML who are operating via the ports of Ghent and Zeebrugge.Fact sheet: MV FaustineVessel type: RoroYear of construction: 2021Length: 216.47 mWidth: 32.26 mLoad capacity: 450 trailers and containersCargo decks: 5Adjustable car decks: 2
Shipping company CLdN's newly built vessel Faustine made her first call at the Port of Gothenburg last week. Faustine is the company's most advanced vessel and can be operated on liquefied natural gas or biogas. Now she will deploy the route between the Port of Gothenburg and Zeebrugge. The ship reached Zeebrugge loaded with Swedish export goods for the first time. Faustine is the first of two vessels ordered by CLdN equipped with an LNG, high-pressure, two-stroke, dual-fuel propulsion system that can use liquefied natural gas or biogas or diesel.Faustine calls at at Gothenburg Roro Terminal in the Port of Gothenburg and is deployed on CLdN's existing traffic between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge. It is an important destination for Swedish trade with Central Europe, where Zeebrugge is an important hub with a catchment area that includes the entire BeNeLux area, Germany and France. Swedish export goods are also transhipped at Belgian ports for further transport to other European ports in the United Kingdom, Spain or Ireland, to name a few. Cargo to and from Belgium include foodstuff, vehicles, industrial components, steel and forest products.The Port of Gothenburg currently has a total of 12 departures to and from Belgium every week, including shipping companies DFDS and EML who are operating via the ports of Ghent and Zeebrugge.Fact sheet: MV FaustineVessel type: RoroYear of construction: 2021Length: 216.47 mWidth: 32.26 mLoad capacity: 450 trailers and containersCargo decks: 5Adjustable car decks: 2
