Frisia III (ship, 2015)

Frisia III

2017 before mooring in the port of Norddeich

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type Double-ended ferry Callsign DMZJ home port Norderney Owner Aktiengesellschaft Reederei Norden - Frisia Shipyard Cassens Werft GmbH , Emden Build number 3301 Keel laying September 1, 2014 baptism July 28, 2015 Launch February 28, 2015

Ship dimensions and crew length 74.35 m ( Lüa ) 71.04 m ( Lpp ) width 13.40 m Draft Max. 1.83 m measurement 1786 GT / 645 NRZ   crew 12

Machine system machine Diesel-electric drive : 4 × three-phase asynchronous machine Machine performance 2,240 kW (3,046 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) Energy supply 4 × diesel generator Mitsubishi S6R2-T2 MPTK propeller 4 × Voith-Schneider propellers 16R5 EC / 100-1

Transport capacities Load capacity 272 dw Permitted number of passengers Winter: 1040 Summer: 1338 Vehicle capacity 55–60 cars

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 9732450

The Frisia III is the largest car and passenger ferry operated by the Norden-Frisia shipping company , which operates regular services between the East Frisian island of Norderney and Norddeich . It is a further development of the Frisia IV and the shipping company's new flagship .

The double-ended ferry with the yard number 3301 was on September 1, 2014, on the Cassens shipyard in Emden placed on Kiel and ran there on February 28, 2015 from the stack . The Frisia III has an environmentally friendly diesel-electric drive that acts on four Voith-Schneider propellers of the type 16R5 EC / 100-1. On July 28, 2015 the Frisia III was christened and put into service in the port of Norderney . Like the Frisia VIII , the ship meets the requirements for receiving the Blue Angel eco- label for environmentally friendly ship design.

See also

• List of Norderneyer ferries
• List of current ferries on the East Frisian Islands

Web links

Commons : Frisia III  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ship details Frisia III . DNV GL , accessed on March 6, 2016 . 

Footnotes

1. ^ VEUS eV: Ship of the Week: MS FRISIA III. Retrieved March 6, 2016 . 
2. ↑ christening with plenty of water . In: Norderneyer morning . No. 167 , July 29, 2015, p. 1 ( nomo-norderney.de [PDF; 2.4 MB ; accessed on July 31, 2015]).
3. ↑ New construction of a double-ended ferry for supply traffic to the North Sea island of Norderney - maneuvering safely and environmentally friendly through shallow and heavily sediment-rich water with Voith Schneider Propeller. Voith GmbH, August 28, 2014, accessed on July 31, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Frisia III baptized with rain and champagne. NDR, July 28, 2015, archived from the original on July 29, 2015 ; accessed on July 28, 2015 .