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FINCANTIERI: CHRISTENING OF THE FAST FERRY “GOTLANDIA II”
18 apr 2006
18 apr 2006
Today at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard, there was the christening ceremony of the fast ferry “Gotlandia II”, ordered in June 2004 by the Swedish owner Rederi A.B. Gotland for its Destination Gotland subsidiary. The ship, which was built at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard and fitted out at Muggiano, was completed in just 14 months from keel laying to delivery.
Present at the ceremony were, for the ship owner, Jan-Eric Nilsson, Company Chairman, and the Honorary Chairman, Eric D. Nilsson, and, for Fincantieri, Alberto Maestrini, Executive Senior Vice President, Head of the Naval Vessel Business Unit. Staffan Wrigstad, Swedish Ambassador in Italy, also attended the event.
Acting as godmother to “Gotlandia II” was Mrs. Marianne Nilsson, wife of Rederi A.B. Gotland’s Honorary Chairman.
The vessel, which was built and designed in accordance with IMO code HSC 2000 and is classed by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, has a high-tensile steel hull and light alloy superstructure, is 122 metres long, 16.65 metres wide and is equipped with two bow thrusters, four diesel engines of 9,000 kW each and four steering- reversing water jets. She is able to reach a maximum speed of approximately 40 knots and will have an operating speed of 36 knots. Her maximum deadweight is 580 tonnes, with a capacity for 780 passengers in addition to over 160 cars or 8 buses.
The ship, which is scheduled to operate in the Baltic Sea, has been designed and built in accordance with the stringent requirements laid down by the Swedish Maritime Authority with regard to environmental impact. She is equipped with catalytic converters to reduce the level of pollutants emitted both at sea and when in port and with passive control systems of acoustic pollution which will enable noise levels to be substantially contained at all times.
The design and construction of the vessel has drawn on dual technologies, some from the naval field, as in the series of high performance ferries built by Fincantieri in the second half of the 1990s. These ferries were developed from the experience of the “Destriero”, which, in 1992 won the “Blue Ribbon”, setting the record for the Atlantic crossing, without refuelling at an average speed of over 53 knots, with peak speeds of almost 70 knots.
This new ferry will be the fifth of this type of ship built by Fincantieri to take up service in the Baltic Sea. Further fast ferries built by Fincantieri are in service in the seas off Great Britain and Italy.
Through this order Fincantieri has further strengthened its business links with the Scandinavian market. Indeed, during 2004 the company gained a contract from the Finnish owner, Finnlines, for the construction of five large Ro-Pax ferries, and, in 2005, an order for a large fast cruise ferry for the Estonian owner Tallink.
Present at the ceremony were, for the ship owner, Jan-Eric Nilsson, Company Chairman, and the Honorary Chairman, Eric D. Nilsson, and, for Fincantieri, Alberto Maestrini, Executive Senior Vice President, Head of the Naval Vessel Business Unit. Staffan Wrigstad, Swedish Ambassador in Italy, also attended the event.
Acting as godmother to “Gotlandia II” was Mrs. Marianne Nilsson, wife of Rederi A.B. Gotland’s Honorary Chairman.
The vessel, which was built and designed in accordance with IMO code HSC 2000 and is classed by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, has a high-tensile steel hull and light alloy superstructure, is 122 metres long, 16.65 metres wide and is equipped with two bow thrusters, four diesel engines of 9,000 kW each and four steering- reversing water jets. She is able to reach a maximum speed of approximately 40 knots and will have an operating speed of 36 knots. Her maximum deadweight is 580 tonnes, with a capacity for 780 passengers in addition to over 160 cars or 8 buses.
The ship, which is scheduled to operate in the Baltic Sea, has been designed and built in accordance with the stringent requirements laid down by the Swedish Maritime Authority with regard to environmental impact. She is equipped with catalytic converters to reduce the level of pollutants emitted both at sea and when in port and with passive control systems of acoustic pollution which will enable noise levels to be substantially contained at all times.
The design and construction of the vessel has drawn on dual technologies, some from the naval field, as in the series of high performance ferries built by Fincantieri in the second half of the 1990s. These ferries were developed from the experience of the “Destriero”, which, in 1992 won the “Blue Ribbon”, setting the record for the Atlantic crossing, without refuelling at an average speed of over 53 knots, with peak speeds of almost 70 knots.
This new ferry will be the fifth of this type of ship built by Fincantieri to take up service in the Baltic Sea. Further fast ferries built by Fincantieri are in service in the seas off Great Britain and Italy.
Through this order Fincantieri has further strengthened its business links with the Scandinavian market. Indeed, during 2004 the company gained a contract from the Finnish owner, Finnlines, for the construction of five large Ro-Pax ferries, and, in 2005, an order for a large fast cruise ferry for the Estonian owner Tallink.