New vessels

[Ostseefoto]

Hello,
yesterday I read in a korean newspaper Superfast Ferries has ordered 2 new fast ferries. Length approx. 250 m, beam approx 28m and abt 30 kn. Does anyboby have more and detailed infos?

Best regards

[Guest]

Courtesy of the Attica Group's News Room @ http://www.attica-group.com/pdf2/25.06.09%20ATTICA%20GROUP%20ORDERS%20AT%20DAEWOO%20THE%20BUILDING%20OF%20TWO%20NEW%20VESSELS%20FOR%20THE%20GREEK%20MARKET.pdf

ATTICA GROUP PLACES ORDER AT DAEWOO FOR THE BUILDING OF
TWO NEW VESSELS FOR THE GREEK MARKET

The Board of Directors of Attica Group S.A. is pleased to announce the signing of shipbuilding contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine
Engineering Co. (DSME), Korea for the building of two monohull-type, fast car-passenger ferries at a price of Euro 68.50mln a piece.

The delivery of the first vessel will take place in spring 2011 and of thesecond vessel in the first quarter of 2012. Both ships are designed to operate in the Greek domestic waters. The ships will have overall length 145.5 meters and speed of 25.5 knots and the capacity to carry 2,400 passengers and 450 private vehicles or 50 freight units and 150 private vehicles.

Speaking of Attica

[Kai R]

rather small ships. They must be for the domestic greece-island-connections, hard to imagine them on the Greece - Italy routes, where Minoan will be operating some of the largest ferries ever built.

Regards

Kai

[Ostseefoto]

Hi Kai,
hopefully the largest ferries ever build comming from Wadan Yards. But Stena is a very bad player at the moment. They are playing with more than 2500 workers in the shipyards and additional 5200 workers in side companies all over Germany.
Reg. Roland