High-speed car ferry MEGA JET

catamaran

General Particulars Builder: Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd. Class Society: Det Norske Veritas Certification: DNV +1A1 HSLC R1 Car Ferry “A” EO NAUT B Length overall: 77.46m Length waterline: 63.90m Beam: 26.00m Beam of Hulls: 4.33m Draft: 3.50m Speed: 36 knots at 250t deadweight at 100% MCR, exc. T-Foils. Capacities Max Deadweight - 250 tonnes (estimate based on building specification) Total persons up to - 600 persons Vehicle Capacity - 50 cars @ 4.5m x 2.3m Vehicle Deck Access - 2 x stern doors/ramps and 1 x bow door/ramp approximately 3.8m wide each. Axle loads - 2.0 tonnes main vehicle deck and 0.8 tonnes outer vehicle deck. Fuel Capacity - 4 x 11.4m3 integral aluminium tank and additional longrange tank capacity provided in each hull. Fresh Water - 1 x 5.0m3 aluminium tank. Sewage - 2 x 2.3m3 aluminium tanks. Construction Design - Two slender, aluminum hulls connected by two main bridging beams and intermediate transverse sections with centre bow structure at fwd end. Subdivision - Each hull is divided into eight watertight compartments divided by transverse bulkheads. One compartments in each hull prepared as shortrange fuel tanks and one as a long-range fuel tank. Fabrication - Welded aluminium construction using longitudinal stiffeners supported by transverse web frames and bulkheads. Aluminum plate grade 5083 H321 or H116 and aluminium extrusions grade 6082 T6 and 5083 H112.