Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Stena Rederi AB in
Gothenburg (Sweden) to deliver two innovative Super Ferries. The value of
the contract is approximately $510.6m. Deliveries are scheduled for
the first and third quarter of 2010. The contract includes options for two
further vessels of the same type.
The basic design of
these special ferries will take place in Finland and the building in
Germany.
Although the yards traditionally serving the ferry business (Finland and
France) were fully booked for the delivery dates requested by the client,
Aker Yards with its17 yards co-operating across borders had the possibility
to offer building of the ferries in Germany. Aker Yards, Germany has
experience in building passenger ships and roro ferries, and the designer,
Aker Yards, Rauma has experience in designing and building of passenger and
car ferries for more than 20 years.
The 62,000 GTships ordered will be 240 metres long and 32 metres wide. There
will be 5,500 m trailer lanes and 700 m car lanes of vehicle space, and the
passenger capacity will be 1,200 in each. With main engine output of 4 x
8,000 kW (4-stroke diesel engines) they will reach a service speed of 22
knots