Merilin

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Merilin
Merilin in Helsinki
Merilin in Helsinki
Ship data
flag Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
other ship names
  • Cat No 1
  • Eldorado
Ship type Fast ferry
Callsign DSJA5
home port Pohang
Owner Linda Line Express
Shipyard Austal Shipyard, Australia
Build number 80
Launch 1999
Whereabouts in operation
Ship dimensions and crew
length
52.40 m ( Lüa )
width 13.00 m
Draft Max. 1.50 m
measurement 963 GT
Machine system
machine 4 × MTU diesel engine (16 V 4000 M70)
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		9,300 kW (12,644 hp)
Top
speed 		40 kn (74 km / h)
propeller KaMeWa jets 70 SII
Transport capacities
Load capacity 62 dw
Permitted number of passengers 432
Others
Classifications Bureau Veritas
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 9194256

The Merilin was named Cat No. 1 built for the shipping company Norden-Frisia in Australia . Other shipping companies such as Förde Reederei Seetouristik (20 percent), AG Ems (20 percent) and Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (10 percent) were involved in the ship. With the Cat No. 1 , two daily departures from Cuxhaven to Helgoland and further departures from Borkum , Norderney , Langeoog , Sylt and Amrum were initially offered during the season . In 2001 the catamaran switched to the Hooksiel –Helgoland route , and from 2005 it went from Wilhelmshaven to Helgoland.

The ship was sold to the ferry company Linda Line Express in Tallinn with effect from December 20, 2006 . The reason for the sale were excessively high operating costs that could no longer be covered by correspondingly high fares. Since spring 2007, the new owner has been using it as a Merilin under the Estonian flag together with two hydrofoils in the liner service between Tallinn and Helsinki . In February 2017 the ship was sold to Daezer Shipping and renamed Eldorado . It has been for sale by a Korean ship broker in Busan since April 2017 .

gallery

  • Cat No1 of the Frisia shipping company in front of Norderney

  • here in the port of Heligoland

Web links

Commons : Merilin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data sheet at sdmkorea.com (English), accessed on May 3, 2017