The order was included in Valmet's orders received of the third quarter 2019. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The automation system deliveries are scheduled for 2020.

“We have known Valmet’s marine automation technology for many years. Valmet has excellent references in high-tech passenger vessel automation around the world. We believe this will be a wonderful start for us to cooperate with Valmet and get real benefits from their advanced marine distributed control automation solutions,” says Li Fei, Deputy Director of Purchase department, Nanjing Jinling Shipyard.

“We are very pleased to cooperate with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The first time TT-Line selected Valmet’s reliable automation system solutions for their ferries was 25 years ago, and we are very honored to be selected as vendor for their new ship. So far, there have been more than 280 cruises and 140 RoPax and RoRo vessels equipped with Valmet’s automation technology around the world. We are confident that with our comprehensive and scalable automation solution and our know-how in the marine industry, we will support our customers toward optimum performance, efficiency and energy saving,” states Curry Qian, Sales Manager, Marine Business, China, Automation, Valmet.

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Valmet provides a complete set of ship automation covering machinery, cargo and power management systems according to Safe Return to Port requirements. The Valmet DNA system includes comprehensive tools for analyzing events and data.