Coastal class

Coastal class

Coastal Celebration

Ship data Ship type Double-ended ferry Shipping company BC Ferries Shipyard Flensburg shipbuilding company Construction period 2007 to 2008 Launch of the type ship April 19, 2007 Commissioning March 8, 2008 Units built 3

Ship dimensions and crew length 160 m ( Lüa ) width 27.6 m Draft Max. 5.75 m displacement 10,034  t measurement 21,777 GT / 7,492 NRZ

Machine system machine diesel-electric 2 × electric motor Machine performance 22,000 kW (29,912 hp) Top speed 23 kn (43 km / h) Energy supply 2 × MaK -8M32C- marine diesel engine Generator power 15,770 kW (21,441 hp) propeller 2

Transport capacities Load capacity 2,301 dw running track meters 2,020 m Permitted number of passengers 1,650 Vehicle capacity 370 cars

Others Classifications American Bureau of Shipping

The Coastal class is a series of RoPax ships that were created on the basis of the RoPax 1600 - Double Ender ship design from the Flensburg Shipbuilding Society . The ships of the series were built in the period 2007 to 2008.

The ferries of the Coastal class is the most modern RoRo ships of the shipping company BC Ferries .

Tendering of the construction

The construction of the three ships was put out to tender worldwide. A total of 14 participants took part in the tender. Of the 14 offers, three were from Canada and the others from the United States and the rest of the world. The decision to build these ships outside of Canada was unpopular in British Columbia. The price was decisive for the success of the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. The total purchase price of the three new vessels at the time of the award of the contract was approximately 325 million Canadian dollars ( CAD ) (September 2004). According to BC Ferries, this offer was 40 percent lower than what the cheapest Canadian shipyard offered. Another decisive factor was the willingness of the successful Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft to accept sometimes substantial contractual penalties for non-fulfillment of the contract.

Ships of the series

In this class, BC Ferries operates the three ferries Coastal Renaissance , Coastal Inspiration and Coastal Celebration . The names of the ships were determined in a competition in 2005: All three ships sail under the Canadian flag and have their home port of Victoria .

The Coastal Renaissance was built under construction number 733. The keel was laid on January 2nd and the launch on April 19th, 2007. The ship was delivered to BC Ferries on October 26th.

The Coastal Inspiration was built as the second ship in the series under hull number 734. The keel was laid on May 2nd and the launch on August 31st, 2007. The ship was delivered to BC Ferries on February 8, 2008.

The Coastal Celebration was built as the third ship in the series under hull number 735. The keel was laid on September 3rd and the launch on December 14th, 2007. The ship was delivered to BC Ferries on May 8, 2008.

The ships of this series replaced obsolete Victoria- class ships when they were put into service .

Surname	IMO no. Callsign	Commissioning	Port of departure	Main line
Coastal Renaissance	9332755 CFN4888	0March 8 2008	Departure Bay	Departure Bay - Horseshoe Bay
Coastal inspiration	9332767 CFN4970	June 16, 2008	Duke Point	Duke Point - Tsawwassen
Coastal Celebration	9332779 CFN5145	Nov 21, 2008	Swartz Bay	Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen

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  Coastal Celebration

Technical information

The ships are powered by diesel-electric technology . The energy for the driving motors of two MaK - diesel engines : with a (type 8M32C) power of approximately 7885  kW produced. Two electric motors from the manufacturer VEM Sachsenwerk (type: DKMUX 1040-10WE), each with an output of 11,000 kW, serve as traction motors .

Web links

Commons : Coastal- class  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• BC Ferries' list of ships
• M / S Coastal Renaissance
• M / S Coastal Inspiration
• M / S Coastal Celebration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RoPax 1600 DE - Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ BC Ferries Press Release, September 17, 2004 (winning bid; PDF file; 1.12 MB)
3. ↑ BC Ferries Press Release, May 11, 2006 (vessel names; PDF file; 39 kB)
4. ↑ M / S QUEEN OF ESQUIMALT. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
5. ^ M / S Queen OF Saanich. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
6. ^ M / S City of Victoria. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
7. ^ M / S City of Vancouver. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
8. ↑ BC FERRIES ANNOUNCES NAMES FOR THREE NEW SUPER C VESSELS. November 5, 2006, accessed December 22, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Electrical machines for shipbuilding  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , VEM Sachsenwerk.