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EU Commission approves Viking Grace environmental grant
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
- Category: Viking Grace Coverage Viking Grace Coverage
- Published: 27 April 2012 27 April 2012
Viking Line, the Finnish cruise ferry company, says that the European Commission has approved an environmental grant issued to the company by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The grant amounts to €28 million and it forms part of financing for the 58,000 gross ton cruise ferry Viking Grace that the company is building at the Turku yard of STX Finland. This will be the first large passenger vessel to use lng as fuel.
The Commission concludes that the grant is in line with European Union guidelines and regulations, Viking Line Managing Director Mikael Backman said in a statement.
Hibox equips Viking Grace
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- Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä
- Category: Viking Grace Coverage Viking Grace Coverage
- Published: 07 March 2012 07 March 2012
Hibox and Viking Line, a Finnish shipping company, have signed a deal to install Hibox’s IPTV system on Viking Line’s future vessel, the Viking Grace. The cabins on the ferry will be equipped with Hibox’s next generation IPTV platform that allow guests to access a world of entertainment and information while using Philips’s new Internet enabled MediaSuite TVs.
The new cruise ship is expected to begin service in January 2013 between Turku, Mariehamn and Stockholm and is under construction at the STX Finland shipyard in Turku.
"Hibox was willing to implement all the modifications we wanted to be able to offer something special and new," tells Kenneth Kronström, it project manager from Viking Line.
"With new state-of- the-art technology the system will enable interactive entertainment and information services without any requirements for smart cards or external boxes in the cabins," says Staffan Granholm, CEO of Hibox Systems.
Hibox Systems Ltd is a Finnish company, which offers advanced interactive information and entertainment solutions for the hospitality industry as well as IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) solutions for broadband providers. The company is partly owned by the Anvia Group, another Finnish ict company.
