Olympic ferry tale

HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short listed to fulfil a similar requirement.The world’s largest double ended ferry docked at London’s Tower Bridge last month as part a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics promotion. One of three new 1,600 passenger ferries built at Flensburg in Germany, ‘Coastal Celebration’ was wrapped in giant photographic images promoting Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics. The vessel proceeded on to Canada having officially invited Londoners, who will host the 2012 Summer Olympics, to visit Vancouver.