Kwale (ship)

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Kwale
Kwale and Likoni lie at the Dradenau Terminal in the Port of Hamburg before they are transported to Kenya.
Kwale and Likoni lie at the Dradenau Terminal in the Port of Hamburg before they are transported to Kenya.
Ship data
flag KenyaKenya Kenya
Ship type Double-ended ferry
Owner Kenya Ferry Services
Shipyard Ship and yacht yard Dresden
Launch November 11, 2009
Ship dimensions and crew
length
75 m ( Lüa )
width 16.28 m
Draft Max. 1.9 m
Machine system
machine 2 × Caterpillar diesel engine
Machine
performance 		391 PS (288 kW)
propeller 2
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 1550
Vehicle capacity 60 cars
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 9522398

Kwale and Likoni (IMO 9522386) are two ferries builtin Germany by Kenya Ferry Services . In Kenya in the Mombasa District, they connect theisland city of Mombasa with the mainland.

General data

The structurally identical ferries were built in 2008 and 2009 at the Dresden shipyard in Laubegast at a price of 5.9 million euros each . The keel laying of both ships was on August 22, 2008, the launch and christening took place on November 11, 2009. The ferries to Kwale , a small town 30 kilometers southwest of Mombasa, and Likoni , a division in the Mombasa District are named. The ships left the shipyard in Dresden on February 25, 2010. They were loaded onto the Beluga Singapore in the Port of Hamburg at the beginning of May and arrived in Mombasa at the beginning of June 2010.

Technical specifications

Kwale and Likoni are free-moving double-ended ferries with ramps at either end. The wheelhouse is on the side above the deck. The ferries have a total length of 75.0 meters, a width of 16.28 meters and load a draft of 1.9 meters. The side height is 3 meters. Each ferry can carry up to 60  passenger cars or 1550 people. They are driven by two Caterpillar - diesel engines , with a capacity of 287 kilowatts via a shaft a Z-Drive drive.

Ferry connection

The state-owned Kenya Ferry Services operates two ferry lines in Mombasa with five ships. Four ferries operate on the Likoni Canal between Mombasa Island and Likoni, one connects Mombasa Island with Mtongwe at peak hours in the morning and evening . An average of 170,000 passengers and 3,000 vehicles are transported every day. Kwale and Likoni are to replace the two oldest, 41 and 36 year old ferries.

Individual evidence

Much of the information in this article comes from

  1. ↑ Mombasa to get Sh644m ferries by end of March ( Memento of 18 February 2013 Web archive archive.today ) (Engl.). The Standard, Online Edition, January 14, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ Heavy cargo in the port of Hamburg - two 500-ton ferries for Kenya loaded in Hamburg. ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ Delight as new ferry is offloaded amid hope of booming business. ( Memento of 5 June 2010 at the Internet Archive )  (Engl.). The Standard, Online Edition, June 4, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  4. ↑ Kenya Ferry Services Ltd. (Ed.): Public Crossing ( Memento of April 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English). Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Kenya Ferry Services Ltd. (Ed.): Ferry Specifications ( Memento of 14 April 2010 at the Internet Archive ) (Engl.). Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=2397321 (link not available)