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NEWBUILDING
NEPTUNE LINES
NEPTUNE BARCELONA
The largest ever vessel in the Neptune Neptune Lines’ new 200-metre-long VESSEL PARTICULARS
Lines fleet lady is the largest vessel in the Neptune
Lines fleet and can accommodate up to Name
On July 12th, 2022, the naming and 7,000 passenger cars or a combination Neptune Barcelona
delivery ceremony for Neptune Lines’ of passenger cars and high & heavy
M/V Neptune Barcelona was held at the equipment. The ship has adopted the Type
3. Maj Shipyard in Rijeka. latest technologies in order to reduce Vehicle Carrier
The ceremony was honoured by the greenhouse gas emissions and remove
presence of the Croatian Prime Min- sulphur from exhaust gases while light- Date of delivery
ister, Andrej Plenkovic, the Minister of weight material has been used for the 12 July 2022
Economy and Sustainable Development, construction of its desks, making it the
Davor Filipovic, the Minister of Physi- ship with the lowest CO2 intensity in Car capacity (RT)
cal Planning, Construction and State our fleet. 6,868 units
Assets of Croatia, Ivan Paladina, the Neptune Lines’ strategy to continu-
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular ously upgrade its fleet to ensure it pro- DWT
Policy of Greece, Giannis Plakiotakis, vides quality services to its customers 17,416
the Commandant of the Hellenic Coast through sustainable shipping will con-
Guard Vice Admiral HCG Georgios Alex- tinue. As Neptune’s Chair of the Board,
andrakis, and the Ambassador of the Ms Melina Travlos said, “It is Neptune’s
Hellenic Republic in the Republic of choice, decision, and commitment to
Croatia, H.E. Antonia Katzourou. work with determination and vision for
Neptune Barcelona was designed a better future for our industry, society,
and built by 3. Maj, a European ship- and our people, and a better world for
yard whose long shipbuilding tradi- the new generation”.
tion includes the construction of car
carrier vessels in line with the high- NEPTUNE BARCELONA WILL FLY THE
est standards and safety regulations. GREEK FLAG.
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