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In the Shipyard

New vessels, contracts and designs

Photos Courtesy Meyer Turku/Costa

Austal

Austal Volta is fully electric. Costa Toscana was ? oated out at Meyer Turku

Austal’s 450 PAX Fully Electric Ferry LNG-Powered Costa Toscana Floated Out

Austal Australia launched the VOLTA series of electric- The LNG powered, 185,000 GT, cruise ship Costa Toscana powered high speed ferry solutions, with the introduction was ? oated out to the out? tting pier at Meyer Turku shipyard of the Passenger Express 46V, a fully electric-powered 46m last month. Costa Toscana is a sister ship to Costa Smeralda, catamaran ferry design. The VOLTA series is distinct in the delivered from Turku in 2019. The ship is powered by lique- burgeoning market for electric vessels as it offers a completely ? ed natural gas (LNG) and has been designed with a circular integrated design, construction and support solution - includ- economy concept. The use of LNG will eliminate all sulfur ing on-shore charging infrastructure and in-service support dioxide emissions and almost all particular matter emissions programs for operators. The series combines a light-weight, (95-100% reduction), while also signi? cantly lowering emis- low-resistance hull forms, speci? cally designed, tested and sions of nitrogen oxides (direct reduction of 85%) and CO 2 optimised for electric-power propulsion, with the latest in (up to 20%). The ship also has an intelligent energy ef? ciency lithium ion batteries. In develoment for the past two years, the system, and 100 % of the ship’s recycling materials (such as ? rst of class Passenger Express 46V is a high speed passenger plastic, paper, glass and aluminum) will be carried out of the ferry, designed to provide an environmentally friendly, eco- ship and recycled.

nomical vessel for metropolitan, inland waterway commuter

Costa Toscana facts ferry services. Boasting a capacity of up to 450 passengers, a

Delivery ................................................................................2021 maximum speed of 25 knots and fast charging capability, with

Flag ........................................................................................Italy a range of over 175 nautical miles per day, the Passenger Ex-

Length .................................................................................337m press 46V highlights the real advantages of the VOLTA design

Width ....................................................................................42 m technology.

Draft max ...............................................................approx. 8.8m

Gross Tonnage ..............................................................185,000

Prinicipal Particulars – Passenger Express 46V

Passenger cabins ...............................................................2663

Length, o.a. .................................................................46 meters

Total passengers ...................................................approx. 6730

Beam .......................................................................12.3 meters

Balcony cabin ratio ...........................................................62,6%

Draft ..........................................................................< 2 meters

Total crew ...........................................................................1646

Propulsion............2 x Full electric, permanent magnet motors

Service speed .................................................................17knots

Batteries ...........Full redundancy with 2 Lithium battery banks

No. of main engines ..................................................................4

Minimum battery life ......................................................7 years

Passengers ...............................................................400 to 450

Metal Shark Fireboats for Miami-Dade

Bicycles ....................................................................................10

Designed by Metal Shark and built to Lloyds Registry stan-

Crew ..........................................................................................3 dard, the welded-aluminum monohull pilothouse ? reboats

Operating speed ...........................................................20 knots

Maximum speed .......................................................25+ knots

FB-21 and FB-73 were acquired to boost Miami-Dade Fire &

Max. range per day ..........>175 nm per day with 20% reserve

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