Post by ferryfast admin on Dec 14, 2011 12:24:20 GMT -5
First Scandlines newbuild floated out
www.motorship.com/news101/first-scandlines-newbuild-floated-out
‘Berlin’ is first of two for Scandlines
The first of two 169.5m long ro-pax ferries for German-Danish operator Scandlines, designed to counter the competition from the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link, has been floated out at P+S Shipyards in Stralsund.
Tom Todd writes: the 24.8m wide Berlin has been under build for a year and a half at Volkswerft, part of the German P+S Shipyards group that also includes Peene-Werft in Wolgast. Her sister Copenhagen will be floated out early in the New Year. Both are being fitted out up to next Spring for trials, and service after that on the Baltic ferry route between Rostock and Gedser.
They are the biggest ships that Gedser can handle, and will replace existing vessels operating on the route while doubling their capacity to about 1,500 passengers, some 90 trucks or 480 cars on 1,600 lane metres per trip. They will carry vehicles on two decks, but Scandlines says loading and unloading will still take only 15 minutes. The new ships will, the owner says, boast much lower emissions and be more energy-efficient than their predecessors while providing better service and comfort to passengers.
Each of the powerful 4,200dwt ferries, drawing maximum 6m, has a combined propulsion system from Caterpillar comprising five MaK 9 M 32 C engines with Cat common rail. The MaK engines each produce 4,500kW for 22,500kW of total power per vessel, and provide both main engine and auxiliary functions, enabling Scandlines to reduce maintenance costs. The MaK engines are optimized for smokeless operation and reduced nitrogen emission levels, which fulfill IMO II requirements. They can be retrofitted to dual-fuel LNG operation later if required when more stringent sulphur emission rules become effective in 2015. Each ship also boasts two 3,500kWe wing thrusters and a 1,350kWe bow thruster.
Berlin and Copenhagen are part of a €230 million investment in ships and port facilities, and Scandlines has made no secret of the fact that the investment is aimed at keeping its ferries competitive even after the completion of the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link in a few years time. Last year Scandlines carried 12.4 million passengers, 2.8 million cars and 800,000 trucks and trailers.
www.motorship.com/news101/first-scandlines-newbuild-floated-out
‘Berlin’ is first of two for Scandlines
The first of two 169.5m long ro-pax ferries for German-Danish operator Scandlines, designed to counter the competition from the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link, has been floated out at P+S Shipyards in Stralsund.
Tom Todd writes: the 24.8m wide Berlin has been under build for a year and a half at Volkswerft, part of the German P+S Shipyards group that also includes Peene-Werft in Wolgast. Her sister Copenhagen will be floated out early in the New Year. Both are being fitted out up to next Spring for trials, and service after that on the Baltic ferry route between Rostock and Gedser.
They are the biggest ships that Gedser can handle, and will replace existing vessels operating on the route while doubling their capacity to about 1,500 passengers, some 90 trucks or 480 cars on 1,600 lane metres per trip. They will carry vehicles on two decks, but Scandlines says loading and unloading will still take only 15 minutes. The new ships will, the owner says, boast much lower emissions and be more energy-efficient than their predecessors while providing better service and comfort to passengers.
Each of the powerful 4,200dwt ferries, drawing maximum 6m, has a combined propulsion system from Caterpillar comprising five MaK 9 M 32 C engines with Cat common rail. The MaK engines each produce 4,500kW for 22,500kW of total power per vessel, and provide both main engine and auxiliary functions, enabling Scandlines to reduce maintenance costs. The MaK engines are optimized for smokeless operation and reduced nitrogen emission levels, which fulfill IMO II requirements. They can be retrofitted to dual-fuel LNG operation later if required when more stringent sulphur emission rules become effective in 2015. Each ship also boasts two 3,500kWe wing thrusters and a 1,350kWe bow thruster.
Berlin and Copenhagen are part of a €230 million investment in ships and port facilities, and Scandlines has made no secret of the fact that the investment is aimed at keeping its ferries competitive even after the completion of the planned Fehmarn Belt fixed link in a few years time. Last year Scandlines carried 12.4 million passengers, 2.8 million cars and 800,000 trucks and trailers.