San Gwann (ship)
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The San Gwann is a catamaran built fast ferry .
history
The ship was built under construction number 1658 at the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand for the Maltese shipping company Virtu Ferries . The keel was laid on July 7, 2000, the launch on February 1, 2001. It was completed on April 2, 2001. The ship is named after the city on Malta .
The ferry operated from June 2001 on the ferry service operated by Virtu Ferries between Malta and Sicily . From May 2006 the ship was operated by Venezia Lines, a subsidiary of Virtu Ferries, in the Adriatic Sea between Italy and Croatia . In July 2006 the ferry was chartered by the Australian government to bring Australian citizens out of the country during the Lebanon War . From December 2006 the Venezia Lines ferry was used between Italy and Albania .
During the civil war in Libya in 2011, the ship was used to take people out of the country. During the civil war in Libya , which flared up again in 2014 , the ship was used in February 2015 to evacuate the embassy staff and other Italians after the Italian embassy in Tripoli was closed .
On September 23, 2016, the FRS Caribbean shipping company , which is part of the FRS Group, started its ferry service between Miami in the US state of Florida and the Bimini archipelago belonging to the Bahamas . On November 9, 2017, the connection was extended to Freeport . The ferry was used in particular for the Genting Group belonging Holiday Resort World Bimini. On August 5, 2019, FRS Caribbean ceased traffic after Genting, in cooperation with Baleària Caribbean, part of the Spanish shipping company Baleària , announced a ferry connection from Fort Lauderdale from August 7th . FRS justified the withdrawal with commercial considerations. The former CEO of the Baleària Group had previously been fined to pay the Baleària Group US $ 2.8 million because he passed on information to competitors in connection with the ferry connection to Bimini and secret discussions at the expense of the Baleària Group is said to have led, as a result of which the ferry connection was awarded to the FRS group.
Due to capacity restrictions on the ferries to Helgoland as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the San Gwann has been operating between Cuxhaven and Helgoland in addition to the Halunder Jet since June 23, 2020 . In addition, a connection from Cuxhaven to Hamburg has been offered on Tuesdays since July .
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by four MTU - Diesel engines (type: 16V4000 ) each with 2,320 kW power driven. The motors act on four water jet drives via reduction gears . Two generators powered by Caterpillar diesel engines (type: 3306 DITA), each with an output of 150 kW, are available for the on-board power supply .
The engines are housed in the two hulls . The superstructures with two decks are built on the hulls , in which lounges with seats are set up for the passengers. A counter area for the sale of snacks and drinks is available on both passenger decks. The lounge is located on the main deck in the forward area of the ship. Behind it there is a vehicle deck on which 21 cars can be transported. The vehicle deck is accessible via a ramp at the stern of the ship. The bridge is located in the front area of the ship and is placed on the upper deck.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ High-speed ship “San Gwann” , FRS. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ M / S San Gwann , Facta om Fartyg. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Virtù Ferries vessel evacuating Australian nationals , The Times of Malta , July 22, 2006. Accessed August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Annabel Crabb: Refugees throng Cyprus , The Sydney Morning Herald , July 24, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ The San Gwann on Italy – Albania route , The Times of Malta, December 20, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Emergency Evacuation , Virtu Holdings. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ USA conduct military campaigns against Gaddafi , Handelsblatt , February 27, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2020.
- ^ Italian government charters Virtu Ferries catamaran to evacuate embassy staff from Libya , The Malta Independent, February 15, 2015. Accessed August 4, 2020.
- ^ Italian embassy employees evacuated from Tripoli , The Times of Malta, February 15, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ From Florida to Bimini in just 2 hours , FRS. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ FRS Caribbean's new line between Miami and Grand Bahama Island , FRS, November 7, 2017. Accessed August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Chabeli Herrera: Ferry service between Miami and Freeport, Bahamas resumes Nov. 9 , The Miami Herald , October 26, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Sharell Lockhart: FRS Caribbean to provide three-day ferry services from Miami to Grand Bahama , The Freeport News, November 10, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Taylor Dolven: Genting ends ferry service from Miami to the Bahamas in favor of move to Fort Lauderdale , The Miami Herald, August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Balearia Taking Over Florida-Bahamas Fast Ferry Route , Offshore Energy, August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Neil Hartnell: Ex-Boss 'Robbed' Ferry Firm Of Bahamas Route , The Tribune, March 11, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Neil Hartnell: Ferry Provider In Bimini Deal 'Stolen From It' , The Tribune, August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ↑ Highspeed to Helgoland - twice as often , FRS, June 10, 2020. Accessed on August 4, 2020.
- ↑ a b Highspeed to the power of 2 to Helgoland , FRS Helgoline. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ San Gwann ( Memento of July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Virtu Ferries.
- ↑ deck plan , FRS Helgoline (JPG, 201 kB). Retrieved August 4, 2020.
