ARMAS FERRY DUO - NEW STYLE RO-ROS FOR CANARIES

The Barreras shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles in Spain has built two 120m long ro-ro passenger ferries for the Canary Islands operator Navieria Armas, VOLCAN DE TAUCE was delivered in April and the second, VOLCAN DE TEJADA, is due in service in October. See also the following abstract. Principal particulars are: propulsion 2 x Deutz-MWM 645 length, overall 120m length, between perpendiculars 107m breadth, moulded 19.5m depth to main deck 6.8m depth to upper deck 12m draught, molded, mean 5.3m tonnage, deadweight 3600t tonnage, gross 9807gt speed, trial 18 knots trailers 62 crew 29 passengers 250

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Marine Engrs Rev, June 1995, p 25 [2 p, 4 fig]
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ferries; Roll on roll off ships
• Old TRIS Terms: Volcan de tauce; Volcan de tejada
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00717119
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 1996 12:00AM