
Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania reportedly launched a new aluminium-hulled catamaran in December, named Saint John Paul II, for Malta-based ship owner Virtu Ferries.

The vessel, which is going to be the largest high-speed catamaran in the Mediterranean, is due to begin sea trials in January 2019.
The catamaran is powered by four 9,100-kW 20-cylinder Series 8000 MTU 58000M71L engines and also features supplied four 8V 2000 M51A gensets supplied by MTU. It is fitted with four ZF60000 gearboxes, with reduction ratio suited for optimum jet shaft speed.
The catamaran has a total accommodation capacity of 900 passengers and 167 vehicles on 490 lane metres. The RoPax will further increase the capacity of the vessel for trucks by 43%, passengers by 15 per cent, and for cars by 7 per cent compared with the existing vessel serving the route.
The vessel is fitted with a 100-amp 415V 3-phase shore connection that ensures to reduce emissions from the vessel while in port. The vessel’s engines are compliant with the IMO’s Tier 2 NOx limits.
The design was done by Australia-based ship designers Revolution Design and then tank tested and optimised at QinetiQ in the UK.
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