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Fincantieri Delivers New Fast Ferry Fer Scandinavian Service

Fast ferry MDV 1200 - dubbed

Pegasus Two — was recently deliv- ered to Ocean Bridge Investments at Fincantieri's Muggiano ship- yard. The vessel will be managed by Color Line on the Larvik-

Skagen route between Norway and

Denmark.

The 312-ft, (95-m) vessel is pow- ered by four MTU 20V 1163TB 73L diesel engines developing a total power of 26,000 kW to provide a maximum speed of more than 37 knots. The fast ferry was con- structed with high tensile steel and built according to the IMO

High Speed Craft Code (HSC), under classification of Italiano

Navale and Germanischer Lloyd.

Pegasus Two main particulars

Length 312 ft. (95)

Beam 52 ft. (16 m)

Draft 9 ft. (2.7 m)

DWT 400 tons

Service speed 37 knots

Main engines ....(4) MTU 20V1163 TB 73 L

Propulsion units.. .(4) KaMeWa 112 waterjets the project. The link-up for the 7,300-dwt class combines Ferrari's steel working strengths with

INMA's long-standing skills in out- fitting. At 590 ft. (180 m) long overall and 88 ft. (26.8 m) wide, the ferries are substantially in excess of the maximum length of about 459 ft. (140 m.) possible on the INMA building berth, where the traveling gantry imposes a beam limitation of 75.5 ft. (23 m).

Each of the Tirrenia pair will offer 2,000-lane meters of garage deck space for RoRo freight and accommodation for 1,200 passen- gers. Two Wartsila 12V46 engines delivering a total 25,200 kW are designed to ensure a speed of 23 knots at 90 percent output, to make the vessel competitive on the

Naples/Palermo route.

Adaptable INMA is also keen to attract new contracts in the high- speed commercial vessel field, hav- ing shown its mettle in the fast- going sector through the produc- tion at La Spezia of two 37-knot passenger/vehicle-carrying ferries.

Commissioned by Corsica Ferries, the project was executed by way of a joint venture with Rodriquez

Engineering, which provided the monohull design knowledge for the 338-ft. (103-m), steel-hulled new- buildings.

Pegasus Two is intended to trans- port 600 passengers and more than 170 cars. Passengers will be accommodated on two decks. Car embarking/disembarking opera- tions will be carried out through one large stern door on the main car deck, and through three mov- ing ramps which connect the two garage decks.

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