Straitsman

Straitsman

Straitsman in Picton Harbor

Ship data flag  New Zealand other ship names Dueodde (2005-2010) Ship type RoPax - Ferry Callsign ZMSM home port Wellington Owner Strait Shipping Ltd. Shipyard Volharding Shipyard, Harlingen Build number 579 Launch 2005 takeover April 27, 2005 Commissioning April 30, 2005

Ship dimensions and crew length 124.90 m ( Lüa ) 115.10 m ( Lpp ) width 23.40 m Draft Max. 5.30 m measurement 13,906 GT, 5,142 NRZ

Machine system machine 2 Caterpillar MaK 9M32C diesel engines Machine performance 8,640 kW (11,747 hp) Top speed 18.8 kn (35 km / h) propeller 2 variable pitch propellers

Transport capacities running track meters 1,248 m Permitted number of passengers 400 Pax cabins 60 Berths for passengers 108

Others Classifications Bureau Veritas Registration numbers IMO 9323704

The Straitsman is a RoPax ferry that has been connecting the ports of Wellington and Picton via the Cook Strait , the Tory Channel and Queen Charlotte Sound since the end of 2010 . Previously, the ship was used as Dueodde in ferry traffic to the island of Bornholm .

history

Sister ship Hammerodde

RoRo stern (as Dueodde )

Dueodde (2005-2010)

The Dutch shipyard Volharding Shipyard in Harlingen built the RoPax ferry on behalf of Merwede BV in Hardinxveld-Giessendam based on a successful design by the former shipbuilding company Van der Giessen-De Noord and delivered the Dueodde on April 27, 2005 after a construction period of only eleven months to the client Bornholmstrafikken . The design is optimized for the all-weather transport of trucks , buses , passenger cars and their passengers between relatively small ports. The ship sailed under the flag of Denmark with home port Rønne . The sister ship Hammerodde , built by Merwede, was delivered a week earlier.

From April 30, 2005, the Dueodde (named after the southeastern tip of Bornholm ) operated alternately from the ports of Ystad , Køge and Sassnitz to Rønne on Bornholm.

In early 2010, Bornholmstrafikken decided to sell the unpopular Dueodde instead of the older Povl anchors . The sale took place in the summer of 2010 to the New Zealand Strait Shipping Ltd; accordingly, the Dueodde was no longer used to Bornholm from October 10, 2010. On the same day, the ship arrived in Fredericia for a shipyard overhaul .

Straitsman (since 2010)

On October 13, 2010, the ship was sold to Straitsman Ltd. passed, renamed Straitsman and started sailing under the flag of New Zealand. The ship's home port is Wellington. The ship left Fredericia on October 20, 2010. On December 2, 2010 it arrived in Wellington. Since December 9, 2010, the ship has been used by Strait Shipping Ltd. operated ferry line Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferry between Wellington on the North Island and Picton on the South Island .

Furnishing

• Deck 3: Lower vehicle deck with 645 loading meters, accessible via an 11.50 meter wide stern ramp.
• Deck 5: Upper vehicle deck, accessible from deck 3 via a pull-up ramp.
• Deck 7: Bistro with 50 seats, reception, shop and lounges with a total of 256 loungers
• Deck 8 and 9: 20 single cabins, 36 double cabins and 4 four-bed cabins, each with its own bathroom .

Web links

Commons : IMO 9323704  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Ship description of the shipping company ( English )
• M / S Dueodde at Fakta om Fartyg

literature

• NN: Ro-Pax-Ferry "Hammerodde" in HANSA year 2005 No. 10 pages 59–61 ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bornholms Trafikken sells Dueodde ( Memento of March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Seefahrt-Aktuell, February 6, 2010.
2. ^ The Povl Anker ferry will replace the Dueodde on October 10 , 2010 ( Memento from December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Bornholmforum from September 9, 2010.