Halunder Jet (ship, 2018)

Halunder Jet

Ship data flag  Cyprus Ship type Seebäderschiff class Passenger ship E0 R2 Callsign 5BVY4 home port Limassol Owner Larouzio Shipping Co. Shipping company FRS Helgoline GmbH & Co. KG Shipyard Austal Philippines Build number H418 building-costs 17 million euros Order December 14, 2016 Keel laying June 26, 2017 baptism April 27, 2018 Launch January 7, 2018 takeover March 7, 2018 Commissioning April 28, 2018

Ship dimensions and crew length 56.4 m ( Lüa ) 53.0 m ( Lpp ) width 14.0 m Side height 4.9 m Draft Max. 2.5 m measurement 1231 BRZ / 441 NRZ   crew 17th

Machine system machine 4 × MTU 16V4000M63L diesel engine Machine performance 12,182 hp (8,960 kW) Top speed 35 kn (65 km / h) Energy supply 4 × Volvo Penta DSA TA diesel engine propeller 4 × Rolls-Royce KaMeWa 71 water jet propulsion

Transport capacities Load capacity 96 tdw Permitted number of passengers 680, 10 wheelchair spaces

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 9825295

The Halunder Jet is a catamaran of the Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS), which is used in the ferry service between Hamburg and the North Sea island of Helgoland across the Lower Elbe with stops in Cuxhaven and partly in Wedel .

The ship was ordered on 14 December 2016, on the shipyard Austal Philippines built. The ship was laid down on June 26, 2017 and launched on January 7, 2018 . The ship cost around 17 million euros. The ship was delivered on March 7, 2018 and left the shipyard on the same day for Europe under the Tuvalu flag with its home port of Funafuti .

The ship arrived in Hamburg on April 24, 2018. There it was christened on April 27, 2018 and put into service on April 28, 2018. It sails under the flag of Cyprus with its home port of Limassol . It replaced its predecessor of the same name, which was withdrawn from the route at the end of 2017 .

On August 12, 2018, was Halunder Jet between Helgoland and Hamburg damaged by a wave.

In the 2019 season (March to November) around 193,000 passengers were carried to and from the island of Helgoland with the Halunder Jet catamaran .

Due to the corona pandemic, the 2020 season began over two months later than usual on May 20, 2020. Day guests have only been allowed to travel since May 25, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Halunder Jet (Schiff, 2018)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ship details Halunder Jet. DNV GL (English). 
• New catamaran to Heligoland. Helgoline 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M / V "Halunder Jet" . In: Schiff & Hafen , issue 3/2019, p. 42
2. ↑ FRS Helgoline timetable
3. ↑ FRS orders new Heligoland catamaran. (PDF, 314 kB) Press release. (No longer available online.) Förde Reederei Seetouristik, December 16, 2016, archived from the original on September 18, 2017 ; accessed on April 2, 2018 . 
4. ^ Austal delivers ferry to Germany's FRS Group. March 4, 2018, accessed April 2, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Heligoland catamaran entered Hamburg. NDR, April 24, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 . 
6. ↑ New Heligoland ferry - old name. NDR, April 27, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018 . 
7. ↑ In Australia: New catamaran for Heligoland trips. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag , August 17, 2017, accessed on April 2, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Big wave damages the Heligoland ferry. NDR, August 12, 2018, accessed on August 13, 2018 . 
9. ^ André Germann: "Halunder Jet" ends the season . In: Daily port report of November 13, 2019, p. 3
10. ↑ Timo Jann: By catamaran to Helgoland . In: Daily port report from May 20, 2020, p. 16