The order is follow-up to the 109-meter high-speed ferryboat Express 4, supplied to Molslinjen in January 2019. Image politeness Austal

Western Australia- based Austal has actually won an order to construct a 115-meter high-speed catamaran for Danish ferryboat driver Molslinjen.

The vessel will certainly be the biggest ferryboat ever before constructed byAustal The vessel comes with a price of 83.65 million euros (~ USD$ 92 million).

The order is follow-up to the 109-meter high-speed ferryboat Express 4, supplied to Molslinjen in January 2019.

Austal states the brand-new Auto Express 115 will certainly be fitted with a brand-new generation of LNG-ready tool rate engines. It will certainly feature an ability of 1,610 travelers and also 450 cars and trucks over 2 automobile decks. With a solution rate of approximately 37 knots, the vessel will certainly be operated a course in between Ystad, Sweden and also Rønne on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

Construction will certainly start in the 3rd quarter of 2020 at Austal’s center in the Philippines with distribution routine for the very first quarter of 2022.

“To be designed in Henderson over a 12 month period and then built at our state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility in Balamban in the Philippines, the catamaran will feature Austal’s signature raked-bow and optimised hull form, and an LNG-capable medium-speed power plant that offers a powerful, yet economical and environmentally-friendly solution,” stated Austal Chief Executive Officer David Singleton.

Austal stated the agreement is the shipbuilding agreement described in Austal’s trading stop demand on October 23. “That announcement was made to enable the parties to resolve the security arrangements under the shipbuilding contract and as a result Austal requests an end to the current trading halt in place,” Austal stated.