Newbuild RoRo sets sail on test voyage
A RoRo ferry built at German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has set sail for Bremerhaven on a test voyage.
Newbuild 782 – MV Tennor Ocean – is sailing to Lloyd Werft, where remaining work on the ship’s hull will be carried out to optimise performance data.
She will then embark on a multi-day test voyage on the North and Baltic Seas as part of a tightly scheduled programme in which all technical systems will be checked and nautical manoeuvres carried out.
En route to Bremerhaven, the vessel’s new 2.11m folding mast will be tested, having been developed at the shipyard specifically for this kind of vessel.
“It enables the passage through the Kiel Canal, which connects the Baltic and the North Sea,” said FSG. ”In this waterway, the mast height of a ship may not exceed 40 metres above the water level.”
MV Tennor Ocean can accommodate 279 truck trailers on more than 4,000 lane metres spread over four decks. She also has accommodation for 12 lorry drivers and 26 crew.
The RoRo type 4100, which was developed by FSG and has already been built several times by the shipyard, is characterised by particularly low fuel consumption compared to the market and an innovative loading concept, FSG says.
