31 New ro-pax designed by Incat Crowther enters service Spanish operator Baleària has debuted Margarita Salas, a dual-fuel ro-pax ferry designed by Incat Crowther, on the daily service between Barcelona, Spain, and Mallorca and Menorca in the Balearic Islands. Margarita Salas is the second fast ferry to be designed by Incat Crowther and built by Astilleros Armon Gijon for Baleària. It has four 9,600-kilowatt dual-fuel LNG engines from Wärtsilä and has been designed to “maximise sustainability and to deliver excellent onboard comfort and amenities”, according to Incat Crowther. The ferry is 123 metres long and 28 metres wide, with capacity for 1,200 passengers and 450 vehicles. It also features an additional passenger deck with a spacious lounge area in the bow and an expanded aft terrace with an outdoor bar service. Passengers will also benefit from several innovative technologies including broadband internet, on-demand digital entertainment, and QR code access to their cabins. Damen Shipyards Group has cut the first steel for the first two of four fully electric Island-class ferries it is building for Canadian operator BC Ferries at its shipyard in Romania. The ferries will be the first fully electric vessels in BC Ferries’ fleet and will operate with battery packs that can supply the power train with 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Based on Damen’s double-ended ro-ro 8113 E3 model, the vessels will be capable of carrying up to 47 vehicles and 390 passengers when they begin operations on routes connecting Nanaimo with Gabriola Island and Campbell River with Quadra Island in 2026. First steel cut for BC Ferries’ electric vessels Rauma Marine Constructions and Tasmania-based ferry operator TT-Line Company have floated out Spirit of Tasmania V at the Rauma shipyard in Finland. The vessel, which was christened by godmother Barbara Baker, the 29th Governor of Tasmania, will enter service on the Bass Strait between Geelong in Victoria, Australia, and Devonport in Tasmania, in spring 2025. Spirit of Tasmania V floats out
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