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Austal has delivered the Leonora Christina catamaran to the Danish company Færgen
The ship is long 113 meters and can transport 1,400 passengers and 357 cars
May 18, 2011
The navalmeccanico group Australian Austal has delivered to the Danish company Færgen (former Nordic Ferry Services) the new Leonora Christina ship, that it is the greatest catamaran for passengers and vehicles never constructed from the Australian company. The ferry, that the plant is realized in the ship yard of Henderson, lascerà this week directed in Denmark, where will be operated by the Bornholmer Færgen, a branch of the Færgen.
The new ferry will place side by side the catamaran Villum Clausen, also constructed it from Austal, on the route between Ronne, the Danish island of Bornholm, and Ystad, on the Southeastern coast of Sweden.
The Leonora Christina catamaran is along 113 meters, can transport 1,400 passengers and 357 cars (or 300 linear meters of heavy vehicles) and has the maximum speed of 40 knots.
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The navalmeccanico group Australian Austal has delivered to the Danish company Færgen (former Nordic Ferry Services) the new Leonora Christina ship, that it is the greatest catamaran for passengers and vehicles never constructed from the Australian company. The ferry, that the plant is realized in the ship yard of Henderson, lascerà this week directed in Denmark, where will be operated by the Bornholmer Færgen, a branch of the Færgen.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
