CAR-PASSENGER FERRY 'COLOR TRAVELLER'
Fitting bulbous bow, fin stabiliser, improving bow flare
Customer
Color Line AS, Norway
Fredericia Skibsvaerft AS, Denmark
Owner
Color Line AS
Shipyard
Fredericia Skibsvaerft AS
Customer Benefits
- Decreased annual fuel cost
- Improved passenger comfort
- Increased speed in rough seas
- Improved roll damping
Commission
- Bulbous bow design
- CFD analysis
- New bow flare design
- Design for fin stabilisers installation
- Speed/power predictions
- Steel classification drawings for bulb installation, bow flare modification and fin stabilisers installation
- Workshop drawings/production info
- Weight calculations and material reservations
- Consulting for bow visor strength
Main Dimensions
LPP: 129,8 m
Breadth: 22,6 m
Draught: 5,02 m
Passengers: 1536
Trailer meters: 1150
Cars: 450
Other Benefits
- Use of existing pair of fin stabilisers.
Special Features
- Extremely short schedule
- Class documents produced at the same time with workshop drawings.
- Only 2.5 months were used totally from startup meeting to the converted ship
delivery (including all design and production/installation).