Cracovia (ship)
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The Cracovia is a ferry operated by the Polish shipping company Polferries. The ship operates between Świnoujście and Ystad
history
The ship was built under number 291 at the IZAR Construcciones Navales shipyard in Seville for the Spanish shipping company Trasmediterránea . It was based on the design of the Racehorse class , but was adapted for use at Trasmediterránea. The keel was laid on February 16, and the christening and launching took place on September 19, 2001. Godmother was the then mayor of Cádiz , Teófila Martínez. The ship was completed on February 23, 2002.
The ship started sailing as Murillo under the Spanish flag with home port Santa Cruz de Tenerife . It was named after the Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo . From March 2002 it was first used on the route between Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca . As part of the privatization of Trasmediterránea, Murillo came to Acciona Trasmediterránea in 2003.
In July and August 2010, the ship operated briefly between Cadiz and the Canary Islands before switching to the route between Barcelona and Tangier . From summer 2011 it was used again on the route between Cadiz and the Canary Islands.
At the end of April 2014, the ship's service for Acciona Trasmediterránea ended. In June it was sold to Port Bulgaria West in Burgas and renamed Drujba . Port Bulgaria West used the ship in the Black Sea between Burgas and Novorossiysk .
In March 2017 the ship was sold to Poland. The operation between Burgas and Novorossiysk ended in May 2017. The ship was then rebuilt at the Morska Stocznia Remontowa Gryfia shipyard in Szczecin . The ship, renamed Cracovia and brought under the flag of the Bahamas , has been operating for Polferries between Świnoujście and Ystad since September 2017. In the summer months there is also one departure per week between Świnoujście and Rønne on Bornholm .
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by four four-stroke - nine cylinder - diesel engines of the manufacturer Wärtsilä (type: 9L38) each with 5,940 kW power driven. Two engines each are housed in an engine room. They act on two variable pitch propellers via reduction gears . The ship reaches a speed of 22 knots . The ship is equipped with two bow thrusters , each with an output of 1300 kW.
For the power supply, there are two shaft generators driven by the main motors, each with an output of 1400 kW (1750 kVA apparent power ) and three diesel generators, each with 1200 kW output (1500 kVA apparent power). An emergency generator with 500 kVA apparent power was also installed.
The ship is equipped with a fin stabilizer and rolling tanks.
The ship initially had four vehicle decks, on which around 2300 lane meters were available, two vehicle decks with a total of around 1900 lane meters, which are suitable for the transport of trucks, and two further vehicle decks underneath with around 400 lane meters for the transport of cars During the shipyard stay in 2017, the vehicle decks were also rebuilt. The ship now has 2196 gauge meters. The vehicle decks are connected to one another via ramps. Loading and unloading takes place via a 22 meter wide and 17.5 meter long stern ramp , via which the main deck can be reached. The clearance height is 5.2 meters. Most of the vehicle decks are closed. Only the upper vehicle deck is open at the top in the rear area of the ship.
Most of the superstructures are located in the front half of the ship. The facilities for passengers are located on decks 7 and 8, above which are the facilities for the ship's crew and the bridge . On board there are 123 cabins with 396 beds available for passengers on deck 7 and 150 reclining chairs on deck 8. Polferries markets the ship with a capacity of 650 passengers for which 384 cabin seats are available.
On deck 8 there are also the other facilities for passengers, including a restaurant, a cafe and a bar as well as a separate area for truck drivers. In the rear area of decks 7 and 8 there are sun decks for the passengers.
literature
- David Tinsley: Vessel of the Month - IZAR Races Ahead With New Transmed Ferry. In: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News , November 2001, pp. 12–18, Maritime Activity Reports, ISSN 0025-3448 ( Online , PDF, 29.3 MB)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Customizing a successful design , The Motorship, November 1, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Ro-Pax Murillo , La Compañía Trasmediterránea a través de sus buques. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Acciona Trasmediterránea , Cambra de Comerç de Mallorca (PDF, 8 kB). Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ a b c M / S Murillo , Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Manuel R. Aguilera: El buque de Acciona ´Murillo´ cambia de nombre y bandera , Diario de Mallorca, June 26, 2014. Accessed January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Pär-Henrik Sjöström: Nyförvärv till Polferries , Sjöfartstidningen, April 7, 2017. Accessed January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Cracovia w drodze do Polski. Przejdzie remont w MSR “Gryfia” , GospodarkaMorska.pl, May 23, 2017. Accessed January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Polferries is returning to Bornholm in seasonal traffic , Ferry News, February 28, 2018. Accessed January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Spain Flags Largest Ever Ropax Ferry , Maritime Journal, May 1, 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ a b David Tinsley: IZAR Races Ahead With New Transmed Ferry , Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, November 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ M / F Cracovia , Polferries. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ A b Seville Delivers RoPax Ferry , Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, May 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ a b m / f Cracovia , Polferries (PDF, 645 kB). Retrieved January 8, 2020.