It is all go for Kari-Pekka Laaksonen. During the week he is busy steering the Finnish shortsea specialist Containerships into a new LNG era. But when he clocks off, he relishes burning rubber in his other life as a racing driver.

For Containerships, this year’s main event will be the arrival of its four 1,400-teu LNG newbuildings from Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China.