74m Wave Piercing Catamaran Car Passenger Ferry
The proven wave piercer design from the world’s largest and most experienced
high speed ferry operator.
General Particulars
Builder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd.
Type 74m Aluminium catamaran passenger ro/ro ferry
Date of build 1990
Yard Number 023
Name Seacat EMERAUDE FRANCE (Ex.
SeaCat France , original name :- SeaCat Tasmania ) Barbados
Port of Registry Bridgetown
Call sign 8POW
Class Society Det Norske Veritas
Official / IMO Number 853995 /
8903703
Length overall 73.86m approx.
Length waterline 56.89m approx.
Beam 26.00m approx.
Beam of Hulls 4.33m approx.
Depth 7.25m approx.
Draft 3.10m approx.
Speed 34 Knots approx.
Consumption 28 knots approximately 80 litres per nautical mile
33 knots approximately 82 litres per nautical mile
37 knots approximately 88 litres per nautical mile
Gross tonnage 3,012
Net tonnage 904
Capacities
Max Deadweight About 180 tonnes at about 3.08m summer draught.
Passenger capacity 431 plus 19 crew = 450 total in current configuration.
Vehicle capacity Approx. 420 lane metres equivalent to about 85 cars (European
size 4.5m x 2.3m).
Vehicle Deck Access Stern door/ramp and bow visor/ramp approximately 3.6m wide,
3.5m high. Clear
height approximately 3.1m in the main garage amidships.
Axle loads 2.0 tonnes main vehicle deck and 0.8 tonnes outer vehicle deck
Fuel Capacity 38 tonnes integral aluminium tank with additional long-range tank
capacity provided
in each hull (total capacity approximately 140 tonnes if used).
Fresh Water 1 x 2.5 m3 aluminium tank.
Sewage 1 x 2.5 m3 aluminium tank.
Construction
Design Two slender aluminium hulls connected by two main bridging beams and
intermediate transverse sections with centre bow structure at forward end.
Subdivision Each hull is divided into eight watertight compartments divided by
transverse
bulkheads. One compartment in each hull prepared as a short-range fuel tank and
one as a long-range fuel tank.
Fabrication Welded aluminium construction using longitudinal stiffeners
supported by transverse
web frames and bulkheads.
