Ferry News Archive
New fast ferry for Isle of Man service
Date: 22 May 2008 00:00 Source: Lloyds ListIsle of Man Steam Packet has reached an agreement to buy a large fast ferry for the Liverpool to Douglas route with a total project cost of nearly £20m ($39m), writes Sandra Speares.
The new vessel, currently named Incat 050, will replace Isle of Man Steam Packet’s existing fast craft Viking.
The 96 m catamaran will be the largest of its type operating on the Irish Sea route and will increase passenger capacity to more than 800, compared with Viking’s 690 passengers.
The vessel will have a vehicle capacity of 200, and freight capacity of over 225 l m. The wave height restriction is 3.5 m compared to Viking’s 3 m, and a service speed of 35 knots will cut journey times by about 15 minutes on the Douglas to Liverpool and Douglas to Heysham routes on which the vessel will also be deployed.
Incat 050, pictured, was built in Tasmania in 1998 and has been chartered to the US military in recent years, which means it has considerably fewer hours of service than comparable vessel of similar age.
After an extensive refurbishment the vessel will enter service in summer 2009.
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