Finland-based Viking Line announced February 21 that it signed a deal with AGA Gas for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a new ferry – the M/S Viking Grace – that will operate in the Baltic Sea.

The LNG-powered ship will operate in a route between Stockholm (Sweden), Aland Islands (Finland) and Turku (Finland) beginning January 2013, according to Viking.

The vessel, currently under construction at the STX Europe shipyard in Turku, will be Viking Line’s largest passenger ferry. LNG will be stored in specially built tanks at ...