Aurora Botnia
Aurora Botnia leaving port on 18 September 2021 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Finland | |
| Name | Aurora Botnia |
| Owner | Kvarken Link |
| Operator | Wasaline |
| Port of registry | Vaasa, Finland |
| Route | Vaasa–Umeå |
| Ordered | 21 January 2019 |
| Builder | Rauma Marine Constructions (Rauma, Finland) |
| Cost | 120 million euro |
| Yard number | 6002 |
| Laid down | 13 February 2020 |
| Launched | 11 September 2020 |
| Christened | 25 August 2021 |
| Completed | 27 August 2021 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-ro passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Beam | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Ice class | 1A Super |
| Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8V31DF (4 × 4,400 kW) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two ABB Azipod units (2 × 5.8 MW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity |
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Aurora Botnia is a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ro-pax) ferry operated by the Finnish shipping company Wasaline on the Vaasa–Umeå route. The vessel was built by Rauma Marine Constructions in Rauma, Finland, and entered service in August 2021.
Wasaline has advertised Aurora Botnia, which features a dual-fuel power plant capable of running on liquefied natural gas and biogas as well as a battery system, as "the world's most environmentally friendly ferry".