Sea Containers orders new combined freight/passenger ship for the Isle of Man Steam Packet company.HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1997--Sea Containers Ltd., marine container lessor, passenger transport operator and hotels company today announced it had ordered a new combined freight and passenger vessel for the Isle of Man Steam Packet The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is the oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company in the world, celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2005. The company provides freight, passenger and vehicle services between the port of Douglas, Isle of Man and four ports Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary based in Douglas, Isle of Man Coordinates: Douglas (Doolish in Manx) is the capital of the Isle of Man and its largest town. It is the Island's hub for business, finance, shipping, transport, shopping and entertainment. , in the Irish Sea Irish Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), 130 mi (209 km) long and up to c.140 mi (230 km) wide, lying between Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel and (on the south) by St. George's Channel. . This ship will replace two existing Steam Packet vessels, the freight-only Peveril and the multi-purpose passenger vessel King Orry and will operate on the Douglas to Heysham route. The new ship has been ordered from the Van Der Giessen shipyard near Rotterdam, Holland. It will be delivered in July, 1998. The purchase price is approximately ,24 million ($38.5 million). The ship will be tailor-built for the route. Its length of 125 meters is the limit for Heysham and Douglas harbours. It will transport 1235 lane meters of wheeled traffic and 500 passengers at a service speed of 19 knots. The ship will be able to make two round trips daily on the Heysham-Douglas route. It will meet the new safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. for passenger ferries. Sea Containers Sea Containers may refer to:
Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. in July, 1997 using a ship purchased from the government, the Claymore. Sea Containers owns the port of Heysham, Lancashire which is today one of the most important ports on the west coast of England for trailer and passenger traffic. In 1996 205,000 trailers and 284,000 passengers moved through the port. Construction supervision of the new Steam Packet ship will be provided by Hart, Fenton & Co., Sea Containers' wholly-owned naval architecture naval architecture, science of designing ships. A naval architect must consider especially the following factors: floatability, i.e., the ability of the ship to remain afloat while meeting the requirements of the vessel's service under normal and abnormal weather and and engineering subsidiary based in Portsmouth, England. CONTACT: Sea Containers America Inc. Jennifer Hawkins, 212/302-5066 William W. Galvin, 212/838-5454 |
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