Bore (Finland) orders two ferries from German shipyard
Bore, the Finnish shipping company, has, as part of its active fleet renewal program, signed a contract for two new RoRo vessels, and holds an option for another two, to be built at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG in Germany.
The two RoRo vessels will be delivered in May and August 2011 respectively and will have an initial capacity of 2900 lane meters each. The vessels can accommodate double-stacked containers on mafis on all decks and can be equipped with hoistable car decks. The overall length of each vessel is 195 meters and the breadth is 26 meters, the design draft is 7.05 meters and the design deadweight is abt 13.025 tons
The vessels will comply with the rules of the Finnish Swedish ice class 1A, fulfil the latest safety and environmental rules and be able to operate at a speed up to 19 knots with efficient bunker consumption.
The overall investment in these two new vessels amounts to some EUR 100 million.
Bore is a shipping business area of Rettig Group Ltd with a fleet of 22 vessels. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG is the shipbuilding subsidiary of Egon Oldendorff, Lubeck. The yard was founded in 1872 and has built in total 732 ships. Since 1998 the company has concentrated on newbuilding of state-of-the-art RoRo vessels and has acquired the position of world-market leader in this segment. The annual average turnover is approx. EUR 150 million. Number of employees of the yard is 750.
Flensburger are probably best known in the UK as constructors of four of the green-hulled RoRo strategic lift vessels operated by the AWS consortium.
The two RoRo vessels will be delivered in May and August 2011 respectively and will have an initial capacity of 2900 lane meters each. The vessels can accommodate double-stacked containers on mafis on all decks and can be equipped with hoistable car decks. The overall length of each vessel is 195 meters and the breadth is 26 meters, the design draft is 7.05 meters and the design deadweight is abt 13.025 tons
The vessels will comply with the rules of the Finnish Swedish ice class 1A, fulfil the latest safety and environmental rules and be able to operate at a speed up to 19 knots with efficient bunker consumption.
The overall investment in these two new vessels amounts to some EUR 100 million.
Bore is a shipping business area of Rettig Group Ltd with a fleet of 22 vessels. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG is the shipbuilding subsidiary of Egon Oldendorff, Lubeck. The yard was founded in 1872 and has built in total 732 ships. Since 1998 the company has concentrated on newbuilding of state-of-the-art RoRo vessels and has acquired the position of world-market leader in this segment. The annual average turnover is approx. EUR 150 million. Number of employees of the yard is 750.
Flensburger are probably best known in the UK as constructors of four of the green-hulled RoRo strategic lift vessels operated by the AWS consortium.