Romoexpress

Romoexpress

At the outer pier in Havneby

Ship data flag  Cyprus other ship names Tresfjord (1991-2019) Ship type Double-ended ferry Callsign 5BHY5 home port Limassol Owner Iridania Shipping Shipping company Rømø-Sylt Line Shipyard Fiskerstrand Verft, Fiskarstrand Build number 39 Keel laying March 1990 Launch November 1990 takeover April 1991

Ship dimensions and crew length 96.95 m ( Lüa ) 79.20 m ( Lpp ) width 15.0 m Side height 7.5 m Draft Max. 4.6 m measurement 3423 BRZ / 1285 NRZ

Machine system from 2010 machine Hybrid drive Top speed 15 kn (28 km / h) propeller 2 × propeller pods

Transport capacities Load capacity 200 tdw Permitted number of passengers 399 Vehicle capacity 127 cars

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 9008794

The Romoexpress is a double-ended ferry for combined car and passenger transport that has been in use on the Rømø-Sylt-Linie between the Danish port of Havneby on the island of Rømø and the German List on Sylt since November 2019 . The ship, built in 1991, was previously in service as Tresfjord .

The name is not spelled correctly in either German or Danish.

history

The combined passenger and vehicle ferry was at the shipyard where Eide Contracting in Høylandsbygd in order. Eide Contracting got into financial difficulties in the early 1990s, whereupon the ship was completed by Fiskerstrand Verft in Fiskerstrand. The ferry was built for Møre og Romsdal Fylkesbåtar (a predecessor company of Fjord1 ). After delivery in April 1991, she was used under the name Tresfjord on the Molde - Vestnes ferry route.

In 2010, STX Norway Offshore in Langsten / Tomrefjord underwent extensive renovations, in which the drive was switched to gas operation ( LNG ). From February 2011 to January 2019, the ship operated the Flakk – Rørvik ferry connection and was then held as a reserve ferry for the route originally served until May 2019. The ferry was sold in August 2019 and handed over to the new owner on September 2, 2019. On September 3, 2019, she was brought to the BLRT shipyard in Tallinn for renovation .

The ferry, renamed Romoexpress , has been operating on the Rømø-Sylt route since November 12th . The originally planned deployment date from November 5, 2019 had been postponed due to technical problems.

Technical specifications

The ship is powered by two electric motors that act on two propeller pods. For power generation two generators are available, from a four-stroke - six-cylinder - Diesel engine manufacturer's Bergen Engines : or a (type BRM-6) nine-cylinder - gas engine of the 2010s, the beginning (33L9AG: C25 type) the manufacturer Bergen Engines -Years at STX Langsten had been retrofitted, can be driven. An emergency generator powered by a Volvo Penta diesel engine (type: D12) is also available.

See also

• List of current ferries on the North Frisian Islands and Halligen

Web links

Commons : IMO 9008794  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Ship details RomoExpress . DNV GL (English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fleet. Rømø-Sylt-Linie, accessed on December 31, 2019 . 
2. ↑ See also Rom
3. ↑ ^{a b c} RömöExpress ex. Tresfjord. In: fjordfaehren.de. Retrieved November 21, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Second ferry between Römö and Sylt started. NDR, November 12, 2019, accessed on November 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ 2. Sylt ferry. Rømø-Sylt Linie, accessed on September 5, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Failures on the Sylt route - problems with Römö-Express. NDR, November 5, 2019, accessed on November 21, 2019 . 
7. ^ John Boylston: Evaluating the Use of Liquefied Natural Gas in Washington State Ferries. (PDF, 3.4 MB) Cedar River Group, January 2012, accessed September 5, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Finn Arne Rognstad: LNG fuel - a Norwegian ferry tale. (PDF, 2.1 MB) Rolls-Royce, 2013, accessed on September 5, 2019 .