AUSTAL SHIPS DELIVERS FIRST FAST FERRY

The first fast ferry completed by Austal Ships in W. Australia, TONG ZHOU, left Fremantle for the People's Republic of China on board a heavy lift ship in October 1990. Ordered by the Nantong High Speed Passenger Ship Company , the 36m aluminium catamaran is to enter service between Nantong, a city of 1.25 million people who has no rail or air links, and Shanghai, a 70 nautical mile route. Tong Zhou is equipped with 310 seats and is described as a "commuter vessel", designed and built to fairly strict criteria as far as speed, fuel consumption and noise levels are concerned. It had to be a very efficient vessel, carrying a large payload, and be able to load and unload passengers with a minimum turnround time. General-arrangement drawings are given. Principal particulars are: propulsion 2 x MTU 16V 396 TE74 diesel engines length overall 36.00 m draught 1.30 m depth moulded 3.60 m passengers 430 crew 14 speed 30 knots

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Fast Ferry Intl, v 30 n 1, Jan-Feb 1991, p 17 [2 p, 1 tab, 3 fig]
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catamarans; Pleasure craft; Surface effect ships; SWATH ships
• Uncontrolled Terms: Small craft
• Old TRIS Terms: Tong zhou
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00700036
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM