Incat delivers Dover-Boulogne fast ferry

Tasmania-based shipbuilder Incat Australia has delivered a 112-metre high-speed catamaran to France?s LD Lines. The largest ever fast ferry to operate on the cross channel routes between England and France will enter service between Dover and Boulogne next month.

Named ?MGC 66?, the newbuilding will be the first-ever freight-carrying, high-speed vessel to operate across the Dover Straits, and LD Lines will become the first-ever French ferry company to operate high-speed ferries on the short sea routes from Dover. The vessel is claimed to be the world?s largest diesel-powered catamaran and it is the first Incat 112-metre to operate in Europe.

At nearly 11,000GT, the new craft is one of the largest vessels yet built by Incat.

LD Lines? new Dover-Boulogne service will increase frequency from the current two to six return sailings daily.