New Ferries – Northern Europe

New Ferries – Northern Europe

Denmark
Hamburg-based Sietas Werft will construct two new ferries for the Danish domestic Spodsbjerg-Tårs route, when the Nordic Ferry Services simultaneously signs a traffic contract for the route to be extended until 2018. It was originally intended to build the ferries in Greece following the prototype Kanhave, however, Nordic Ferries decided differently due to serious delays with the prototype. The two new ferries will have a capacity of 600 passengers and 120 cars. The Sietas contract is reported to be worth DKK 150 mill (EUR 20.1 mill) per ship. The yard has just completed and delivered on time its first ferry in several years, the German domestic ferry Uthlande for Wyker Dampfschiffs.

Norway
Norwegian operator, Fjord 1, has signed a contract with Fiskerstrand BLRT for the construction of a 7000gt, 1300dwt, LNG powered fjord ferry. The ferry, due to be delivered by the end of November 2011, is destined for the Boknafjord route. The vessel will be 129.9m long by 19.2m beam and will have a capacity for 242 cars and up to 600 passengers. She will be propelled by four azimuthing thrusters, powered by three LNG fuelled engines.