Aker delivers fast day ferry

Aker Yards has delivered a new fast day ferry for Oslo Line AS, part of Color Line. The vessel built at the Rauma yard is the second in the series of two Superspeed ferries.

?SuperSpeed2? will start on the route Larvik in Norway to Hirtshals in Denmark. With a service speed of 27 knots, the new ferry will be able to travel this distance in three hours 45 minutes, which is two hours faster than with traditional ferries.

The Superspeed ferries are ultramodern fast ships which are revolutionizing the daytime cruising between Norway and Denmark. The sister ship ?SuperSpeed1? was delivered in February 2008 and use three hours 15 minutes for the crossing from Kristiansand in Norway to Hirtshals.

The Superspeed ferries are also fast and efficient while they are in port since trailers and cars are simultaneously loaded on two different decks, enabling unloading and loading to be completed in less than an hour. The newbuilding also brings with it a number of innovations including a clever radio-controlled loading concept for containers.

The approximately 211 metre long and 26 metre wide vessel has 2,000 lane metres of vehicle space and takes 1,900 passengers. There are no passenger cabins in the day ferry.