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Jun 06
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RoPax ISLE OF ISLAY Successfully Completes First Sea Trials

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  • First sea trials for MV ISLE OF ISLAY completed successfully by Cemre Marin Endustri in Yalova, Turkey.
  • Trials took place 22–30 May in the Sea of Marmara, attended by CMAL, CalMac, Lloyd’s Register, and the MCA.

Key Trial Activities:

  • Set-up and testing of propulsion systems, generators, thrusters, stabilisers, and electrical systems.
  • Assessment at full load: speed, stability, manoeuvrability, anchor operations, and endurance.
  • Verified performance of propulsion plant, automation, and navigational systems.

Second set of sea trials later this summer, after battery system installation and harbour acceptance tests for the hybrid system.

Apr 18
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New Wallenius SOL RoRo on Sea Trials

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SOUTH ENABLER, the new RoRo vessel for Mann Lines / Wallenius SOL, reached the sea for the first time on Saturday, 12 April.

The ship has been built by Cantieri Navale Visentini, based on a concept by NAOS Ship and Boat Design.

She will join the Wallenius SOL fleet in May. The vessel was originally ordered by Mann Lines, a company acquired by Wallenius SOL in February 2025 [press release].

She will primarily serve the ports of Turku – Paldiski – Bremerhaven – Zeebrugge – Tilbury – Cuxhaven – Turku.

Newbuilding C.236, initially intended for Mann Lines, is a lengthened version of the RoRo vessel ML FREYJA, completed by the same shipyard for the same operator in 2017.

The owner of the vessel will be a company within the Visentini Group, and she will be chartered to Mann Lines / Wallenius SOL.

Main data of SOUTH ENABLER: 3,000 lane metres plus 200 cars | LOA 203m | 2 Wärtsilä engines of 7200 kw each | 22 knots speed | RINA Class | Ice Class 1A | methanol ready