contracts & completions ferry
Bangladeshi shipyard delivers country’s first passenger ferry to Denmark
The first passenger ferry ever to have been built by a Bangladeshi shipyard for a Danish owner has been delivered. The 48.9m Isefjord was built by
Chittagong-based Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) and delivered to Danish ferry operator Hundested- Rørvig Faergefart (HR) in February. The double-ended ferry, which can carry 147 passengers and 28 vehicles and will serve the Danish coast, was built under Bureau Veritas (BV) class, meets all Danish Maritime Authority requirements and flies the Danish flag. It is the first passenger ferry WMS has ever built for a European ferry operator. Isefjord is fully automated and
can be operated from bridge with only two crew members. It is fitted with two main propulsion systems, two remote control systems and two engine rooms, while propulsion and manoeuvring are by azimuth thrusters at both ends. An optimised hull design results in “significantly improved propulsion efficiency through water”, French class society BV said, while ICCP and ICAF systems “prevent hull corrosion and marine growth.” Isefjord was delivered as deck
cargo on Rickmers-Linie’s 19,100 dwt Baltic Winter and is expected
New Halifax ferry to slash road traffic emissions
A new passenger ferry is being built for commuters in Halifax, Canada that will double the frequency of peak hour services and slash both vehicular traffic and greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging residents to use marine transport instead.
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) approved a CA$4 million (US$3.9 million) contract to Nova Scotia shipyard AF Theriault at the end of March 2013 to build a passenger ferry to carry commuters between Woodside and downtown Halifax. The vessel is expected to be delivered in April 2014. The ferry will swell the number of HRM’s Metro Transit ferries serving the route between Woodside and downtown Halifax to four. HRM’s Metro Transit
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ferry fleet currently consists of two vessels that were constructed in 1978 and one ship in 1986. An HRM council report noted that these ferries would soon approach the end of their lifespan. It added that its contract for a new ferry was an “initial step” in a newbuild programme and that Metro Transit “therefore requires a new ferry design to serve as a foundation recapitalisation of the current fleet.”
It said the newbuild would incorporate the design of the existing vessels as this has proved “efficient and reliable.” HRM added that the design had “sufficient potential to incorporate new system technologies and improvements based on years of operational experience.”
to go into service on 1 July. “As Bangladesh is an emerging
and very infant shipbuilding industry, it was a great challenge to have taken the initiative in building such a sophisticated ship,” WMS technical director Arifur Rahman Khan said, calling the completion of this project “one of the greatest achievements” of the shipyard. WMS won the contract with
HR thanks to its delivery of two multipurpose cargo (MPC) vessels to German owner Grona Shipping in 2010. The shipyard has since delivered six further ice class, 5,200 dwt MPC vessels to the same company. HR was looking for a potential builder at the time
of the delivery and contacted WMS. HR executives visited the yard and subsequently placed the order with WMS. (See PST Spring 2012, p41-42). WMS entered the passenger
ship construction market in 2003, with previous orders including two passenger ferries for Karachi Port Trust and a catamaran used for sightseeing and river cruising on Bangladesh’s Karnaphuli River. It hopes to win more ferry
orders in Denmark off the back of Isefjord, particularly as Danish ambassador Svend Olling said at the ship delivery ceremony that the vessel would be “known by many shipowners in Denmark as Bangladesh-built products.”
Rickmers-Linie carried Isefjord from Bangladesh to Denmark on board its long-term charter vessel Baltic Winter
Rolls-Royce provides propulsion to world’s first electric car ferry Rolls-Royce has announced that its Azipull propulsion and control system will be used by the world’s first fully electric powered car ferry. The vessel – which will operate on battery power alone – is being built at Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway and will be operated by Norled. Rolls-Royce said that its system’s
streamlined leg and skeg recover swirl energy from the slipstream, raising overall propulsive efficiency. “The combination of good manoeuvrability and reduced energy consumption provides a highly efficient ferry...with significantly reduced operating costs and improved environmental performance,” said president of Rolls- Royce merchant division Neil Gilliver. PST
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