Maria Sibylla Merian (ship, 2011)
 The Maria Sibylla Merian on the Main in Frankfurt
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The Maria Sibylla Merian is a passenger ship built in 2011 that uses the Frankfurt Primus Line for round trips, day trips and event trips on the Main , Rhine and Neckar .
history
As a replacement for its first and oldest ship, the Primus from 1974, the shipping company was looking for a shipyard for a long time to build a new one. Since the shipyards in Germany were busy, the choice fell on the Dutch shipyard De Gerlien van Tiem from Druten . For the shipping company it was the first new building since the Nautilus from 1991. The ship was built at two different shipyards: the front two thirds of the hull was built by the Helldörfer shipyard from Arnhem , the rear third by De Gerlien van Tiem . At De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten, the fuselage sections were assembled and further expansion carried out. The wheelhouse is adjustable in height and can be lowered from 6.50 meters to 5.90 meters. This means that the ship can also sail the Neckar and, when the water level is high, the Main above Hanau. The last interior work on the ship was done in Mainz before it was completed in February 2012. The christening took place in Frankfurt on April 20, 2012, when the ship was named after the naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian .
The Primus-Linie uses the ship as required on all offers mentioned in the timetable. It is used for small and large tours in Frankfurt as well as day trips up the Main, for example to Seligenstadt or Aschaffenburg , up the Neckar to Heidelberg or via Mainz to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley . The Maria Sibylla Merian can also be rented for charter trips and is used for event trips such as the “Krimi-Schiff”, trips to the “ Frankfurt city bells ”, architecture trips to the route of industrial culture Rhein-Main Frankfurt am Main , Christmas trips or after-work offers.
Technical specifications
The ship is 50.48 meters long and 10.50 meters wide. The draft is 1.31 meters. The Maria Sibylla Merian is powered by two Scania type DI12-70M engines, each with an output of 265 kW, which drive two Schottel rudder propellers of the type SRP-170. The ship reaches a speed of 18 kilometers per hour. It is equipped with an electrically powered bow thruster made by De Gerlien van Tiem of the type GvT 580 MK. Two generators driven by Deutz diesel engines, each with an apparent power of 180 kVA, are available to generate electricity on board .
The ship is approved for 480 passengers. Seating is available for 414 people, of which 208 seats on the open deck and 206 seats on the main deck.
literature
- New building “Maria Sibylla Merian” for the Frankfurt Primus Line , In: Schifffahrts-Magazin. Trade journal for inland navigation, waterways, ports and ship technology No. 5/2012, ISSN 1867-8831 , p. 26, ( online version as PDF )
Web links
- Brochure about the ship (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Maria Sibylla Merian in binnenschifferforum.de , accessed on February 23, 2020
- Mps Maria Sibylla Merian opgelevered at binnenvaartkrant.nl , accessed on February 23, 2020