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Brittany Ferries has ordered the construction of a large one cruise ferry to ship yard STX France
The store clerk has a value of about 270 million euros. The ship will be completed in the spring of 2017
January 14, 2014
The company of Brittany Ferries navigation has ordered to the ship yard STX France di Saint-Nazaire the construction of a large one cruise ferry of 52.500 tons of tonnage in a position to transporting 2,474 passengers, 189 members of the crew and 800 cars (or 325 cars more 80 units than loaded). The new ship, that it will be the unit of greater ability to the fleet of the company, will be long 210 meters, wide 32 meters, will have a draught of seven meters and the maximum speed of 24,5 knots. The propulsion will be fed with which liquified natural gas, combustible - it has emphasized Brittany Ferries - that for the first time will be employed by a ferry in the United Kingdom.
The store clerk has a value of about 270 million euros. The cruise ferry, that he will enter at the end in service of the spring of 2017, he will be used on the routes between Reign Unito and Spain and will replace the ship Pont-Aven, the current flagship of Brittany Ferries, that he will be transferred on the Portsmouth-St route. Malo.
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The company of Brittany Ferries navigation has ordered to the ship yard STX France di Saint-Nazaire the construction of a large one cruise ferry of 52.500 tons of tonnage in a position to transporting 2,474 passengers, 189 members of the crew and 800 cars (or 325 cars more 80 units than loaded). The new ship, that it will be the unit of greater ability to the fleet of the company, will be long 210 meters, wide 32 meters, will have a draught of seven meters and the maximum speed of 24,5 knots. The propulsion will be fed with which liquified natural gas, combustible - it has emphasized Brittany Ferries - that for the first time will be employed by a ferry in the United Kingdom.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
