Superflex 2000
 The Mercandia IV
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Superflex 2000 is a series of RoRo ferries with a special engine arrangement.
details
The ship was designed by Peter Zacchi, whose company PZ Trading also took over the marketing of the ships. Construction was carried out by North East Shipbuilders at their Pallion and Southwick shipyards, with the final unit of the Appledore Shipbuilders type being built in Appledore. In the beginning, the name always consisted of the word Superflex and consecutive letters in the radio alphabet ( Superflex Alpha , Superflex Bravo , Superflex Charlie etc.).
Originally the construction of 24 units of the type was planned, but only 15 were built. Even the first units delivered showed a variety of defects. The superstructures became sooty due to exhaust pipes that were too short, the fuel consumption of the ships quickly rose from 9 tons per day to 14 tons per day and the engine output was too low. Soon after handover, the ferries had to be overhauled so extensively that Peter Zacchi withdrew the order. Further units were built later, but some of them were in operation long before they were taken over by the shipping companies. After the bankruptcy of North East Shipbuilders and the takeover by Appledore Shipbuilders, they delivered one last ferry. The series can be divided into the two types Mark III and Mark IV , which differ in some structural details and also have slightly different transport capacities.
The special feature of the completely symmetrical double-ended ferries lies in the concept without a machine room. Instead of a conventional propulsion system, five Cummins diesel generators are set up on deck in silenced housings on each side of the ship . They supply the electricity for four Schottel rudder propellers .
The vehicles can be transported on two continuous decks. The main deck can be loaded via the two bow ramps in the fore and aft , the upper deck above is accessible via two side ramps arranged on the front and aft. The passenger and crew quarters as well as the wheelhouse are located in the elevated deckhouse in the middle , under which the passage to the upper deck is located.
The former Superflex Foxtrot occupies a special position . She was acquired by a Greek shipping company in 1994, first towed from Copenhagen to Piraeus and later to the Kynossoura shipyard. The ship's propulsion system was replaced by two MAN engines and two screws and the ship itself was converted from a double-ended ferry to a ferry that can be loaded and unloaded via a stern ramp . As a pantocrator of Feax Express Lines, the ship was operated on the route between Igoumenitsa and Corfu. In 2013 the ship was sold to Indonesia.
The former Superflex Delta was scrapped as Gitte 3 in early 2010 as the first ship in the series.
The ships
| Superflex 2000 ships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building name | execution | Shipyard / construction number |
IMO number | delivery | Client / shipping company |
Later names and whereabouts |
| Superflex Alpha | Mark III | Pallion / 3001 | 8611506 | July 14, 1987 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1990 Difko Nyborg , 2001 Prokopios , 2002 Prokopios Fragkos , 2007 Nikolaos |
| Superflex Bravo | - | Southwick / 3002 | 8611623 | October 12, 1987 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1993 Svea Scarlett , 1996 Mercandia VIII |
| Superflex Charlie | Mark III | Pallion / 3003 | 8611518 | October 8, 1987 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1990 Difko Korsør , 1999 Viire , 2010 Besparmak |
| Superflex Delta | - | Southwick / 3004 | 8611635 | January 7, 1989 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1990 Difko Storebælt , 1999 Gitte B , 1999 Gitte 3 , scrapped in Grenå from January 14, 2010 |
| Superflex echo | Mark III | Pallion / 3005 | 8611520 | November 27, 1987 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1995 Difko Fyn , 2003 Superflex Trader , scrapped in 2016 |
| Superflex Foxtrot | - | Southwick / 3006 | 8611647 | April 1989 | VR Shipping Aps, Korsør | In 1994 largely rebuilt, pantocrator |
| Superflex Golf | Mark III | Pallion / 3007 | 8611532 | 5th February 1988 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg (PZ Trading) | 1994 Antonio Machado , 2003 Razzoli , 2008 Reggio , 2012 Dorieus , 2014 Olympiada |
| Superflex hotel | - | Southwick / 3008 | 8611659 | May 31, 1989 | VR Shipping Aps, Copenhagen | 1993 Freja Scarlett , 1995 Miguel Hernandez , 2003 Budelli , 2008 Mongibello , 2012 Ionas |
| Superflex India | Mark III | Pallion / 3009 | 8611544 | April 20, 1988 | Molarco Shipping, Nyborg Mercandia |
1990 Mercandia V , 1995 DVD No. IV , launched in 1996, Rosmala in 2008 |
| Superflex Juliet | - | Southwick / 3010 | 8611661 | - | - | 1995 DVD No. I , 1997 Yong Lian , 1998 DVD No. I , 2008 According to Thedu 5 , 2009 Victorius 5 , scrapped |
| Superflex kilos | Mark III | Pallion / 3011 | 8611556 | December 8, 1988 | Mercandia | 1998 Easy 1 , 1998 Anja 11 , 2003 Langeland , 2004 Split Prvi , 2008 Ersai 4 , scrapped |
| Superflex Lima | - | Southwick / 3012 | 8611673 | - | - | 1995 Baia De Todos Os Santos , 2005 Bahia Del Espiritu Santo |
| Superflex Mike | Mark III | Pallion / 3013 | 8611568 | December 12, 1988 | Mercandia | 1995 DVD No. III , 2008 Victorius 3 , 2015 Bahtera Samudera I , 2015 Labitra Karina , scrapped |
| Superflex November | - | Southwick / 3014 | 8611685 | - | - | Mercandia IV |
| Superflex whiskey | - | Appledore / 145 | 8611611 | March 1989 | - | 1990 Mercandia VII , 1995 DVD No II , 2007 According to Teduh 2 , total loss on January 28, 2011, 2012 scrapped |
| Data: Equasis, large tonnage facta om Fartyg | ||||||
literature
- Uwe Jakob: 10 years of »Superflex 2000« . In: Shipping International . Vol. 48, No. 10 . Hansa , Hamburg October 1997, p. 11 .
- Register of Ships , Lloyd's Register, London, various years from 1988
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ M / S Superflex Foxtrot , Facta om Fartyg.
- ↑ a b c d e f g The Superflex Ferries ( Memento from May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Equasis homepage (English)
- ↑ grosstonnage homepage (English)
- ↑ Facta om Fartyg (Swedish)