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The first ship ro-pax to high speed fed to which liquified natural gas is ordered by the Buquebus
The yard Incat Tasmania will deliver it in autumn 2012
March 29, 2011
The first ship ro-pax to high speed fed to which liquified natural gas that it will be constructed by the Australian ship yard Incat Tasmania is ordered by the South American company Buquebus that will employ it in the River Plate service that connects Buenos Aires with Montevideo.
The new catamaran ro-pax, that it will be delivered in autumn 2012, will be along 99 meters and will be able to transport beyond 1.000 passengers and 153 motors vehicle to a speed of 50 knots. Everyone of the two hulls will contain a gas turbine GE Energy LM2500 that will set in action a turbine idrogetto Wärtsilä LJX 1720.
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