Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has signed a contract with the Australian shipping company SeaRoad for an LNG-fueled RoRo ferry ship, the shipbuilding company said in a press release. The ferry will be the first of its kind for FSG to be powered by liquefied natural gas.
The world’s first RoRo ferry of this size with liquefied natural gas propulsion is designed to provide future regular liner service between Melbourne on the Australian main land and Devonport on the island of Tasmania. She will boast a particularly flexible cargo carrying capability and be in a position to transport containers, including reefer units, trailers, cars and hazardous cargo as well as live animals – for example cattle. She will be the first RoRo ferry in the world able to transport reefer containers and hazardous cargo side by side. This will be made possible by a special concept developed by FSG.
Liquefied natural gas propulsion makes the new ferry a ‘green ship’. The liquefied natural gas is taken on board the ship in mobile tanks during regular ship loading and unloading. Once on board, the tanks are secured and become fixed ship fuel tanks without the need for any transshipment thanks to a special locking system also developed by FSG.
The newbuilding will be 181 metres long, 26.6 metres wide and have more than 1960 lane metres available. Her speed will be 20.5 knots.
It is planned to start construction at FSG on Flensburg’s Batteriestrasse in September 2015 and to deliver the ship in the third quarter of 2016.
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