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Auto Express 86-class Ferry
Auto Express 86 is a class of high-speed catamaran vehicle-passenger ferries built by Austal of Australia. Ships *''Adnan Menderes'' (1998) - for Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri *''ex Turgut Ozal / Thunder'' (1998) - for Fast Ferries *''Jonathan Swift'' (1999) - for Irish Ferries *''Carmen Ernestina'' (1999) - for Conferry *'' Villum Clausen / WorldChampion Jet'' (2000) - for Seajets Seajets is a Greek/ Cypriot ferry company operating passenger and freight ferry services in the Aegean Sea. History Seajets was established in 1989. Today, it operates a fleet of 14 high speed vessels, and 3 conventional Ro-Ro ferries which serv ... *''Lilia Concepcion'' (2002) - for Conferry *'' Spirit of Ontario I'' (2004) - for Canadian American Transportation Systems [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austal
Austal is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels. Austal's product range includes naval vessels, high-speed passenger and vehicle ferries, and specialist utility vessels, such as offshore windfarm for turtles and crew transfer vessels. Austal has three major ship building facilities. Defence vessels are designed and constructed in Henderson, Western Australia and Mobile, Alabama. Commercial vessels are constructed in Balamban, Philippines. Vessel support is provided through service centres located in Darwin, Cairns and Henderson in Australia; San Diego, California; Balamban, Philippines and Muscat, Oman. Corporate headquarters are co-located at Austal's Australian ship building facility in Henderson. Austal has designed and constructed over 260 vessels for numerous defence forces and commercial fleet operators. Customers include the Australian Bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History In ancient times The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catamaran
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stabilized craft, deriving its stability from its wide beam, rather than from a ballasted keel as with a monohull boat. Catamarans typically have less hull volume, smaller displacement, and shallower draft (draught) than monohulls of comparable length. The two hulls combined also often have a smaller hydrodynamic resistance than comparable monohulls, requiring less propulsive power from either sails or motors. The catamaran's wider stance on the water can reduce both heeling and wave-induced motion, as compared with a monohull, and can give reduced wakes. Catamarans were invented by the Austronesian peoples which enabled their expansion to the islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Catamarans range in size from small sailing or rowing ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History In ancient times The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Ferries (Greece)
Fast Ferries is a Greece, Greek ferry company operating from the Greek mainland to the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. The company was founded in 1989 by Panagiotakis Bros. and currently operates a fleet of Roll-on/roll-off, ro-ro ferries. Fleet In a joint venture with Golden Star Ferries, the HSC Express high-speed craft was acquired in late 2018, expected to enter service in the summer of 2019. However, in May 2019, the venture was dissolved and the vessel was wholly acquired by Golden Star Ferries. As of August 2019, Fast Ferries operates the following fleet of Conventional Ferries: Future Fleet Routes * Rafina - Cyclades: Rafina-Andros-Tinos-Mykonos-Naxos References {{shipping-company-stub Ferry companies of Greece Companies based in Piraeus Transport companies established in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries is an Irish ferry and transport company that operates passenger and freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain and Continental Europe, including Dublin Port–Holyhead; Rosslare Europort to Pembroke as well as Dublin Port-Cherbourg in France. The company is a division of the Irish Continental Group (ICG) which trades on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. ICG also owns the Eucon container line which operates vessels on routes operating between Ireland and the continent. Irish Ferries' flagship, MV ''Ulysses'', is currently the largest ROPAX ferry operating on the Irish Sea and when launched in 2001 was the world's largest car ferry in terms of car-carrying capacity. Other ships in the fleet include , MV ''W.B. Yeats'' and the fast ferry '' Dublin Swift'' (preceded by , which operated until 2018). The company also charters in a ro-pax vessel, . The company used to charter which was sold to Interisland Line, and ''Pride of Bilbao'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conferry
Conferry (Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.) is a Venezuelan shipping company operating passenger and freight services to the islands of Margarita and Coche. Currently owned by Bolipuertos and the Venezuelan state, it serves the ports of Puerto la Cruz, Punta de Piedras, Guanta, La Guaira, Coche Island, and the international port of Guamache, The main office of Conferry is in Plaza Venezuela, in central Caracas. Routes Conferry operate routes across the Caribbean Sea. * Punta de Piedras - Puerto la Cruz * Punta de Piedras - Guanta * Punta de Piedras - Coche Island * Punta de Piedras - La Guaira La Guaira () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, to the southeast. The town and the port were badly damaged during ... Fleet Conferry operate a fleet of nine ships, consisting of six high speed ferries and four ferries/freight ships. References {{reflist Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSC WorldChampion Jet
The ''WorldChampion Jet'' (former Villum Clausen) is a fast passenger ferry built in 2000 by Austal, Perth, Australia. Until 31 August 2018, it was in active service between Rønne (Bornholm in Denmark) and Ystad in Sweden. On 19 December 2017, HSC ''Villum Clausen'' was sold to the Greek based Ferry Company Seajets. Starting from the summer of 2019, it was renamed ''WorldChampion Jet'' and started sailing between Piraeus and Cyclades. HSC ''Villum Clausen'' was named after the 17th century Danish freedom fighter ''Villum Clausen'' ( da). In 2000, it broke the world record for the longest distance travelled by a commercial passenger vessel in 24 hours. Routes World champion Jet operates daily from Piraeus to Cyclades: * Piraeus- Syros- Mykonos- Naxos-Santorini- Naxos- Mykonos- Syros- Piraeus Fastest ferry in the world On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of and an average of , and on February 16 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seajets
Seajets is a Greek/Cypriot ferry company operating passenger and freight ferry services in the Aegean Sea. History Seajets was established in 1989. Today, it operates a fleet of 14 high speed vessels, and 3 conventional Ro-Ro ferries which services routes from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina to several Cycladic islands. It also sails on routes between Crete (Heraklion - Rethymno) and Central Cyclades (i.e., Santorini, Ios, Naxos, Paros and Mykonos) as well as Northern Greece (Thessaloniki, Sporades), Cyclades and Crete. In total, Seajets sails to 17 islands and offers 140 connections among them. Most of these routes are seasonal, operating between April and October every year. In 2020 the company bought seven cruise ships, two of which were soon resold for demolition. Fleet , the Seajets fleet consists of the following vessels: Highspeed ferries Conventional ferries Cruise ships In 2020, Seajets acquired several cruise ships, for which their plans are currently unknown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSC Virgen De Coromoto
The HSC ''Virgen de Coromoto'' is an fast catamaran ferry operated by Consolidada de Ferrys C.A. in Venezuela. It was built in Australia in 2004 for a fast ferry service on Lake Ontario between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York, United States. After the ferry service failed, the boat was sold in 2007 and operated in the Strait of Gibraltar on a Spain-Morocco service until 2012. In 2012–13, the ship operated on Kattegatruten's Aarhus– Kalundborg route in Denmark until October 2013 when the route was cancelled. Vessel specifications The vessel was built in 2004 at Austal in Perth, Australia. The catamaran has an overall length of 86.60 meters and a beam of 23.80 m. Her gross tonnage amounts 6,242 GT. The machinery consists of four MTU engines with a total output of 4 x 8,200 kW (44,595 HP) allowing a maximum service speed of . The vessel has a capacity for 774 passengers and 238 car-equivalents (or a maximum of 10 trucks and 150 cars) can be accommod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian American Transportation Systems
Canadian American Transportation Systems, or "CATS", was a company based in Rochester, New York which initiated a passenger/vehicle ferry service on Lake Ontario, connecting Rochester with Toronto. CATS was established in the early 2000s by several local business leaders in upstate New York, after the City of Rochester solicited bids from companies interested in establishing such a ferry service. After the City of Rochester built a marine passenger terminal, CATS ordered a high-speed catamaran vessel from Austal Ships in Perth, Western Australia, based on a modified version of the Auto-Express 86 model. The modifications were mostly in terms of the vessel's beam (or width), as it needed to be able to transit through the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The vessel's registered name was ''Spirit of Ontario I'' and it arrived at Rochester on April 27, 2004. CATS heavily promoted the service and ran a contest with citizens in Ontario and New York for a marketing name for its ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
