9-03-2022 Dear Henrik. Beautiful video. Such a luxury! How can such a thing be profitable? Is that ship meant for world travel or is it a ferry service? Never mind, nicely done. Greetings from Bas.
It's a ferry service and the shipping company Viking Line owns 6 different ferries on 5 different routes. They mostly make their money from shortcruise guests who spend the money onboard in their duty free shops, bars and casinos. This in turn make these ships favorable for travellers with cars and for truckdrivers. Viking Line has a big competitor named Tallink Silja Line that offers basically the same kind of product.
Good question. This is night ship to Stockholm. Same time Viking Line have Cinderella little earlier to do one night cruising and Gabriella (and Amorella 1.4-> ) two-night Stockholm-Helsinki route. And there is TallinkSilja and their ships. Finnlines also add their freight-capasity between Kapellskär-Naantali. And fuel prices are rising. Now ship is new and people can pay "extra" but how in future... Of course some people travel from Finland but almost same questions..
7:33 "It's much better than Titanic." :) Well, a 21st century ship with high quality steel and modern welding can't be compared to a ship built with 19th century technology, poor quality steel (which was cheaper and faster to make and full of impurities like slag) which was riveted together. But this is entirely academic. The Baltic sea isn't the Atlantic, there are no icebergs floating around in the Baltic and even if there were modern ships have radar which can spot small boats in their path never mind large obstacles. Viking Glory (and the newest cruise ferries in the Baltic) classify in the highest class: Ice-class 1A Super. This means that it can cross an ice-covered sea *without* the help of an icebreaker. In this class ships can managed to pass though ice more than 100 cm (1 meter!) thick. So unless the ice is around 1,5.-2 meters thick this ship can go through ice quite easily on its own. So how thick does the ice get in the Baltic sea? The sources I checked states the ice was 5-20 cm thick in the winter of 2020/2021. The worst ice measured was in the very cold winter of 1986/1987 when ice in the Baltic sea was measured at 50-70cm. But 100cm thick ice has never been measured in the Baltic sea. Yet 1A Super ice-class ships are designed to go though even that. Anecdote: The first cruise ferry built to the 1A Super ice-class was the GTS Finnjet back in 1977. She was finally sold in 2008 to be scrapped (her thirst gas turbines which made her the fastest cruise ferry ever made also made her unprofitable) in Alang, India. The fine overall condition of the vessel had impressed the breaker into considering of the ship having more value if returned to traffic. But no buyer could be found so she had to be scrapped. In spring of 2009, the breaker went on record for the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat of the breaking being more expensive than the scrapping value. Finnjet's thick steel (Rautaruukki NVA-36) ice-strengthened hull with double bottom, excessively strong bulkheads and reinforced fire-proofed compartments turned out to be a nightmare for the breaker. :) So yeah, any ship designed to ice-class 1A Super standards is quite robust and able to deal with ice. :)
This was very interesting reading indeed. Thank you so much for it. When I wrote that it’s a little bit better then the Titanic or was with a little bit of irony. Of course it can’t be compared. It’s like comparing a A- Ford with a new modern car of today. Thanks again for your very interesting comment. :)
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Mycket bra. Häftig video. Man kan se denna många gånger
I like that city Henrik, it's cool : first like and comment lol 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 wish you the best my friend
Perfekt Henrik. Där kan man trivas ombord på en kryssning. Ser fram emot din nästa video
Very good!
Thank you so much.
Viking Glory
Längd 222,55 m
Bredd 35 m
Hastighet 22,1 knop
Passagerare 2800
Besättning 200
Hytter 992
Fordon 584 bilar
Some small corrections. She is 222 meters long and she has a width of 35 meters. :)
9-03-2022
Dear Henrik.
Beautiful video.
Such a luxury! How can such a thing be profitable?
Is that ship meant for world travel or is it a ferry service?
Never mind, nicely done.
Greetings from Bas.
I agree Great video from Henrik. This a passenger and car/truck Ferry Stockholm - Åbo Finland
It's a ferry service and the shipping company Viking Line owns 6 different ferries on 5 different routes. They mostly make their money from shortcruise guests who spend the money onboard in their duty free shops, bars and casinos. This in turn make these ships favorable for travellers with cars and for truckdrivers. Viking Line has a big competitor named Tallink Silja Line that offers basically the same kind of product.
@@Alpha-uk6ks Thanks for your explanation Alpha.
@@Markmeister1989 Thanks for your explanation Markus.
Bas.
Good question. This is night ship to Stockholm. Same time Viking Line have Cinderella little earlier to do one night cruising and Gabriella (and Amorella 1.4-> ) two-night Stockholm-Helsinki route. And there is TallinkSilja and their ships. Finnlines also add their freight-capasity between Kapellskär-Naantali. And fuel prices are rising. Now ship is new and people can pay "extra" but how in future... Of course some people travel from Finland but almost same questions..
She is not 233 meters long, she is 222 meters long
7:33 "It's much better than Titanic." :)
Well, a 21st century ship with high quality steel and modern welding can't be compared to a ship built with 19th century technology, poor quality steel (which was cheaper and faster to make and full of impurities like slag) which was riveted together. But this is entirely academic. The Baltic sea isn't the Atlantic, there are no icebergs floating around in the Baltic and even if there were modern ships have radar which can spot small boats in their path never mind large obstacles.
Viking Glory (and the newest cruise ferries in the Baltic) classify in the highest class: Ice-class 1A Super. This means that it can cross an ice-covered sea *without* the help of an icebreaker. In this class ships can managed to pass though ice more than 100 cm (1 meter!) thick. So unless the ice is around 1,5.-2 meters thick this ship can go through ice quite easily on its own.
So how thick does the ice get in the Baltic sea? The sources I checked states the ice was 5-20 cm thick in the winter of 2020/2021. The worst ice measured was in the very cold winter of 1986/1987 when ice in the Baltic sea was measured at 50-70cm. But 100cm thick ice has never been measured in the Baltic sea. Yet 1A Super ice-class ships are designed to go though even that.
Anecdote: The first cruise ferry built to the 1A Super ice-class was the GTS Finnjet back in 1977. She was finally sold in 2008 to be scrapped (her thirst gas turbines which made her the fastest cruise ferry ever made also made her unprofitable) in Alang, India. The fine overall condition of the vessel had impressed the breaker into considering of the ship having more value if returned to traffic. But no buyer could be found so she had to be scrapped. In spring of 2009, the breaker went on record for the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat of the breaking being more expensive than the scrapping value. Finnjet's thick steel (Rautaruukki NVA-36) ice-strengthened hull with double bottom, excessively strong bulkheads and reinforced fire-proofed compartments turned out to be a nightmare for the breaker. :)
So yeah, any ship designed to ice-class 1A Super standards is quite robust and able to deal with ice. :)
This was very interesting reading indeed. Thank you so much for it.
When I wrote that it’s a little bit better then the Titanic or was with a little bit of irony. Of course it can’t be compared. It’s like comparing a A- Ford with a new modern car of today.
Thanks again for your very interesting comment. :)
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