Benchijigua Express - Trimaran Vehicle / Passenger Ferry
Key Data:
Name
Benchijigua Express
Operator
Fred Olsen
Builder
Austal
Type
Ferry
Hullform
Trimaran
Route
La Gomera, La Palma, Los Cristianos
Hull material
Aluminium
Length overall
126.7m
Length Water level
114.8m
Beam
30.4m
Depth
8.2m
Draught
4m
Deadweight
1,000t
Passengers
1,291
Truck lane meters
450 and space for 123 cars
Total cars
341
Vehicle height
4.6m
Turnaround time
30 minutes
Speed
40.4knots
Engines
Four 8
Fuel
145,000L
Type
MTU 20V8000
Capacity
8,200kW at 1,150rpm
Waterjets
Kamewa 125SII steerable water jet.
Bow thrusters
2 Ulstein Aquamaster UL601 azimuthing
Anchor
Poole type SHHP anchor
Achor winch
Hypac HHAW 120-40SRT.
High speed rudders
2
Ride control system
Seastate.
Power
Four 540kW MTU 12V 2000 M40 diesel generator
Emergency genset
250kW MTU Series 60.
The bridge
Inter-switched X and S band ARPA radars, Electronic chard display, DGPS receiver, Night vision system, Voyage data recorder
Classified
Germanischer Lloyd
Notation
100A5, HSC-B OC3 High Speed Passenger/Ro-Ro Type MC AUT.
