Pascal Lota

Pascal Lota

Ship data flag  Italy other ship names Superstar (2008-2017) Ship type ferry Callsign IBSB home port Genoa Shipping company Corsica Ferries Shipyard Fincantieri , Ancona Build number 6140 building-costs approx. 120 million euros Keel laying January 18, 2007 baptism October 5, 2007 takeover April 8, 2008 Commissioning April 21, 2008

Ship dimensions and crew length 176.95 m ( Lüa ) 162.84 m ( Lpp ) width 27.60 m Draft Max. 7.1 m measurement 36,277 GT / 14,073 NRZ

Machine system machine 4 × diesel engine ( Wärtsilä 12V46) Machine performance 50,400 kW (68,525 hp) Top speed 27.5 kn (51 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 5,000 dw running track meters 1,930 m Permitted number of passengers 2,080 Vehicle capacity 665 cars

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO 9365398

The Pascal Lota is a RoRo - ferry .

history

The ship was a superstar on 19 January 2007 with the hull number 6140 on the Italian shipyard Fincantieri in Ancona on down Kiel . On October 5, 2007, the launch and christening by the Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi took place .

The ship was delivered to the Estonian ferry operator Tallink on April 8, 2008 . She was registered in Estonia with her home port in Tallinn . From April 21, 2008 she commuted on the Baltic Sea several times a day between Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki ( Finland ). The journey time was about two hours.

In November 2015, the ship was sold for 91.5 million euros to Medinvest, part of the Corsica Ferries Group, and was handed over in December 2015. Tallink chartered the ship until the beginning of 2017 before it was replaced by the new Megastar . Then the ship first came under the flag of Cyprus. At Corsica Ferries, the ship was initially supposed to go into service as the Mega Express 6 , but was then named after Pascal Lota, the founder of Corsica Ferries. For the necessary adaptation work, the ship was transferred to the port of La Spezia, where it arrived on February 10, 2017. Since June 1st the ship has been operating the Livorno - Golfo Aranci route . On June 15, 2017 the ship will operate the routes to Corsica and Sardinia. From July 2017, the ship is scheduled to call at Corsica from mainland Italy and France.

Sister ships

The Pascal Lota has three sister ships, the Moby Aki , which was also built by Fincantieri in Ancona, and the Finlandia and the Moby Wonder , which were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery .

Technical specifications

It is powered by four four-stroke - twelve-cylinder - diesel engines of the manufacturer Wärtsilä , each with 12,600  kW power . The motors act on two variable pitch propellers via gears .

Two shaft generators with 1,600 kW (2,000  kVA apparent power ) each and three diesel generators with 2,360 kW (2,950 kVA apparent power) each are available for power generation.

The hull of the ship is reinforced with ice . The ship is classified as ice class 1A ("difficult ice conditions").

Furnishing

The ship can accommodate up to 2,080 passengers. It has a total of 185 4-bed cabins with 740 berths, toilet and shower and is located on decks 8 and 9. Two cabins are handicapped accessible. The “Business Lounge” is located on deck 7. The ferry can carry 665 cars on 1,930 lane meters . The vehicle decks can be reached via flaps in the bow and stern, as well as side ramps in the bow and stern area. The ship has a deadweight of 5,000 tons.

Web links

Commons : IMO 9365398  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Ship information from Tallink Silja
• M / S superstar.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ship data from Bureau Veritas , accessed on February 25, 2010
2. ↑ Tallink's new vessel named Superstar ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 24, 2010 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Cabins on the Superstar ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tallink, accessed May 17, 2012.
4. ↑ Tallink sells Superstar to Corsica Ferries. November 10, 2015, accessed November 12, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Our ferries . Corsica Ferries. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
6. ↑ SUPERSTAR - Passenger / Ro-Ro Cargo Ship - details of the ship and current position IMO 9365398 MMSI 210902000 | Vessels | VesselFinder. Retrieved February 14, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Corsica Ferries inaugure le Pascal Lota. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Corsica Sardinia Ferries puts Pascal Lota into operation. June 1, 2017, accessed June 2, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Corsica Ferries: La Pascal Lota sera inauguré le 15 juin à Bastia. Mer et Marine, May 19, 2017, accessed May 19, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Corsica Ferries - Notre futur navire amiral Pascal Lota ... | Facebook. Retrieved February 16, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Corsica Ferries announces booking start for 2017 and new ferry “Pascal Lota”. Retrieved February 2, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Tallink sells RoRax ferry "Superstar" , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , November 12, 2015, p. 15.