Spitsbergen (ship)

Spitsbergen

The Spitsbergen in Molde , July 2016

Ship data flag  Norway other ship names Atlântida Norway Explorer Ship type Passenger ship Callsign LAWD7 home port Tromso Owner Explorer I AS Shipping company Hurtigruten AS Shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Build number 258 Keel laying November 14, 2007 Launch March 5, 2008

Ship dimensions and crew length 100.54 m ( Lüa ) 87.17 m ( Lpp ) width 18.00 m Side height 7.00 m Draft Max. 5.30 m displacement 800  t measurement 7344 BRZ / 2304 NRZ

Machine system machine diesel-electric 2 × electric motor Machine performance 6,000 kW (8,158 hp) Service speed 14.5 kn (27 km / h) Top speed 17 kn (31 km / h) Energy supply 4 × diesel engines (2 × ABC 16VDZC, each 3,700 kW 2 × ABC 6DZC, each 2,100 kW) Generator power 11,600 kW (15,772 hp) propeller 2 × propeller pods (Steerprop SP 35 CRP) with fixed propeller, rotating in opposite directions

Transport capacities Load capacity 800 dw Permitted number of passengers 750 Pax cabins 27 with 74 beds Vehicle capacity 126 cars

As of 2016 Load capacity 687 dw Permitted number of passengers 335 Pax cabins 94 with 243 beds

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas IMO no. 9434060

From 2015 Classifications DNV GL

The Spitsbergen is a passenger ship operated by the Hurtigruten AS shipping company , which has been in regular service on the Hurtigruten along the coast of Norway since 2016 .

history

The Spitsbergen was commissioned in 2006 by the shipping company Atlânticoline from the Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC), laid down on November 14, 2007 with hull number 258 and in 2009 as a combined passenger and car ferry for the Venezuelan government Lloyd's Register of Shipping . As an Atlântida , the ship was to be used under the flag of Portugal for ferry traffic in the Azores . However, since the contractually agreed minimum speed was not reached, Atlânticoline terminated the contract with the shipyard and also canceled the contract to build a second ship. The new building was after the completion launched . In 2011 the Atlântida was to be converted into a cruise ship and sold to Venezuela . However, the deal did not materialize. In 2014 the sale of the ship to Douro Azul was reported. The company planned to use it for cruises on the Amazon .

Finally, the sale to the Norwegian shipping company came Hurtigruten AS concluded that the ship on June 25, 2015 under the name Norway Explorer took over the fleet and at the shipyard Oresund Drydocks in Swedish Landskrona who converted for use on the Hurtigruten. Among other things, the vehicle decks were removed and additional passenger cabins installed.

The ship has been in service as Spitsbergen on the Hurtigruten since 2016 . It replaced the Midnatsol there . The name was selected from more than 15,000 suggestions in a competition. On July 6, 2016, was Spitsbergen on the Lofoten baptized.

Machine system and drive

The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . Two pairs of diesel generator sets from Anglo Belgian Corporation are available for power generation, each of which is operated by 16-cylinder V-engines or six-cylinder in-line engines. An emergency generator was also installed. The drive is performed by two completely controllable azimuth thruster the Finnish manufacturer Steerprop, the counterpropagating with two 3-blade propellers solid (a thrust, a tractor propeller) are equipped, in turn, from Siemens - three-phase machines are driven. There are two transverse thruster control systems in the bow area .

Furnishing

The ship has six decks accessible to passengers . Two of the decks were initially car decks, which could be accessed via a stern ramp that could be folded down to port as well as a side ramp located on the port side, approximately amidships. There were 27 cabins available for passengers, 17 of which were two-bed and 10 four-bed. In total, the ship was approved for 750 passengers. After the renovation, the ship will have 94 passenger cabins, eight of which are suites with a balcony. The passenger capacity is given as 335 people.

Web links

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

• Register entry, DNV GL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Spitsbergen (ex Atlântida). Faergelejet.dk - billeder af færger fra Danmark og omegn, accessed on 24 September 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Atlantida - Conventional Pax / Car Ferry - 2009 Portugal ( Memento from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Ship-Broker.eu.
3. ↑ ^{a b} MS Spitsbergen , Hurtigruten. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
4. ↑ Un nouveau navire pour Hurtigruten , July 1, 2015, Mer et Marine. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
5. ↑ Venezuela desiste da compra do ferry "Atlântida" , Jornal de Notícias, November 18, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
6. ↑ Atlântida Ferryboat sold for € 8.75 million , Portugal Resident, September 17, 2014. Retrieved on
7. ↑ Gerhard Flaaten: Les the utrolige historien om nye Hurtigrutens skip , Maritime.no, July 1, 2015. Accessed September 23, 2015.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Norsk rikskringkasting: Første nye hurtigrute on 10 år. Retrieved September 23, 2015 . 
9. ↑ David Fiske: Hurtigruten asks Facebook fans to name their new ship , World of Cruising, July 22, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
10. ↑ Dana Meknas: Dette Skal det nye Hurtigruten-skipet hete , iTromsø, September 5, 2015. Accessed September 23, 2015.
11. ↑ MS Spitsbergen baptized on July 6th in the midnight sun in Lofoten. May 31, 2016, accessed May 31, 2016 . 
12. ↑ MS Spitsbergen baptized in Lofoten. July 7, 2016, accessed July 7, 2016 .