Keel laying of Spirit of Tasmania car and passenger ferry
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- 28th November 2022, Rauma shipyard celebrated the keel laying ceremony of Spirit of Tasmania IV, a vessel being built for the Tasmanian TT-Line Company.
A significant player in maritime transport between mainland Australia and Tasmania, TT-Line has commissioned two identical Spirit of Tasmania vessels from RMC. The large-scale project is the biggest individual foreign sale between Australia and Finland. The project will create a total of around 3,500 person-years’ worth of employment at the Rauma shipyard.
The traditional keel laying ceremony celebrates the official first step in the ship’s construction, marking in effect the birth of the ship. The keel of a ship is lowered into the construction dock, and customary lucky coins are placed under it. Spirit of Tasmania’s massive L-222 keel weighs approximately 230 metric tons.
Currently, the Spirit of Tasmania-named vessels carry around 450,000 passengers each year. The new vessels will operate on an extremely challenging route across the Bass Strait between Geelong, Victoria, and Devonport, Tasmania. The ferries have been specially designed to undertake this specific route.
The vessels will hold 1,800 passengers each and their gross tonnage will be approximately 48,000 metric tons. The new vessels will replace the Finnish-built sister ships from the 1990s.
Construction of the first vessel will be completed at the start of 2024 and the second in late 2024.
Still at work folks, I’ve never seen this before you learn something new every day I look forward to travelling on it ❤😊
Nice segment lowering. BTW the keel is the long skinny bit that runs from the bow to the stern. How about a weekly update? I am sure that you can get some high school kids with steadier hands to film this.
Can’t wait to travel on the new ship!
Nice work. Would be great to see regular content on the newbuilds as they progress.
F F S learn to use a video camera.
Moving all over the place puts ppl of watching
*off If you're going to have a go at people, at least get your grammar correct.
@@iffracem 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah u 2