Denmark’s Fayard picks up Scandlines ferry work

Blohm+Voss in Hamburg conducted a thorough pre-engineering drawing and documentation exercise on the ferries, rejected by Scandlines for being overweight and not to specification and re-purchased for a fraction of the original contract value. Danish repair yard Fayard, based at the previous A.P. Moller–Maersk facilities in Odense, has won the contract to complete the work on the ships, ready for deployment on the Rostock-Gedser route in 2015.

The two new ships were specifically designed for the route and offer greater capacity than the ships they will replace, with space for 1,300 passengers and 480 cars or 96 trucks compared with the existing ships’ 977 passengers and 210 cars or 42 trucks. They will be fitted with Scandlines’ hybrid electric propulsion system as well as a scrubber to reduce sulphur and particulate emissions by at least 90%.

“We are grateful for the confidence Scandlines show us and are pleased to take on the job. The work will start as soon as the first ship berths with us in about a week – it will obviously have a positive impact on employment in this area over the next year,” said Fayard CEO Thomas Andersen.

The two new ferries are to replace Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, currently sailing between Gedser and Rostock.

“Scandlines and Fayard has worked together over the last 35 years, and we know the yard as a reliable partner who can meet the delivery times. This has been crucial to us in this process,” said Scandlines CEO Søren Poulsgaard Jensen.