SeaFrance places order with Alstom Marine

From ShipPax Information (www.shippax.se)

 

French ferry operator SeaFrance has placed an order for a cross-channel ferry with domestic shipbuilding group Alstom Marine/Chantiers de l«Atlantique.

 

Due to be completed by February 2005, the ship will be specially adapted to the route between Calais and Dover. The vessel will boast a capacity of 1,900 passengers, 800 cars or 120 lorries, which will make it quite similar in capacity to the 2001-built SEAFRANCE RODIN.

 

The new ship will have an overall length of 186 metres, and will «ensure a strong French presence on the cross-Channel market,« said SeaFrance in a comment.