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 Tera Jet 2 in Piraeus | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Route | |
| Ordered | 2005 |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 064 |
| Laid down | 2006 |
| Launched | 2 July 2007 |
| Completed | August 2007 |
| Acquired | 2024 (by Seajets) |
| Maiden voyage | 1 September 2007 |
| In service | 2007 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Incat 112m Wave-Piercing Catamaran |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 112.60 m (369 ft 5 in) (overall) / 105.60 m (346 ft 5 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 30.50 m (100 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Deck clearance | 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Ramps | Aft vehicle loading ramps |
| Installed power | 4 × MAN B&W 20V 28/33D main diesel engines (total 36,000 kW / 48,280 hp) |
| Propulsion | 4 × Wärtsilä LJX 1500 SRI waterjets |
| Speed | 35.0 knots (64.8 km/h; 40.3 mph) (service) / 40.0 knots (74.1 km/h; 46.0 mph) (max) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 30–45 |
| Notes | Sister ship to Tera Jet 3 |
Tera Jet 2 is a catamaran belonging to the Greek shipping company Seajets. Built in 2007 by Incat, it was ordered by Japanese shipping company Higashi Nihon Ferry as Natchan Rera. It was sold to Seajets in 2024 as Eurochampion Jet, before being renamed as Tera Jet 2 a year later.
Service
[edit]The catamaran, the first of a series of four sister units, and the largest ever built in an Incat shipyard until the construction of Express 3, was launched on 2 July 2007 at the Incat shipyard in Hobart with the name Natchan Rera and delivered on 7 August to Higashi Nihon Ferry,[1] setting sail five days later from Brisbane, where it had been transferred after delivery, to Japan. Once arrived in Japan, the new catamaran finally entered service on 1 September on the routes between Aomori and Hakodate[2], in the Tsugaru Strait, under the flag of East Japan Ferry, where it was joined the following year by its sister ship Natchan World. However, just over a year later, with the decline in traffic and profitability of the route, the catamarans were decommissioned on 1 November. Following this, the catamaran, which unlike the Natchan World never returned to service in the Sea of Japan, was instead towed to Muroran in July 2010 and put up for sale. In October 2012, after more than two years of decommissioning, the catamaran, despite interest in purchasing it from the Japanese Ministry of Defense, was purchased by Taiwanese Uni-Wagon Marine for approximately ¥5.4 billion, for which it entered service on 7 August 2013 on the services between Su-ao and Hualien in the South China Sea, where it operated for a relatively short time, until 8 September 2013.
On May 27, 2014, after another year of decommissioning, the catamaran inaugurated the connection for which it had been purchased, between the Taiwanese port of Taipei and the Chinese port of Pingtan, in the Formosa Strait. Two years later, in April 2016, the return of the Natchan Rera to Hualien was announced, which on May 14 began connecting with Ishigaki, Japan. However, in November 2017, due to the low profitability of the line, the route was cancelled and the fast ferry was decommissioned in the Taiwanese port and put up for sale. After seven years of decommissioning, in January 2024 the catamaran was purchased by Seajets[3][4], by which it was renamed Eurochampion Jet and transferred to Piraeus on 3 March[5] , to undergo renovation works[6], necessary after the long period out of service. At the end of the technical stop, held at the Ampelakia shipyards, on the island of Salamina, on 10 June 2025 she was renamed Tera Jet 2 and about a month later, on 17 July she started service[7] in the connections between Piraeus, Paros, Naxos, Koufonissia, Schoinoussa and Heraklia,[8] where she operated for the summer season at the end of which she then returned to the Attic shipyard.[9]
In 2026 it was instead employed in the connections between Rafina, Andros, Tinos, Mykonos and Paros.[10]
Sister ships
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Incat Delivers Natchan Rera!". Incat. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "Japanese Embrace New Era of Sea Travel - Successful Debut for Incat 112m Catamaran Natchan Rera". Incat. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ sandra (2024-01-26). "Seajets purchases NATCHAN RERA". Ferry Shipping News. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "Στα χέρια της Seajets το καμάρι της Incat HSC Natchan Rera! - Αρχιπέλαγος, Η 1η ναυτιλιακή πύλη ενημέρωσης στην Ελλάδα" (in Greek). 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2026-08-11.
- ↑ "EuroChampion Jet - SEAJETS' new impressive high-speed vessel has arrived at the port of Piraeus!". seajets. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ Newsroom (2024-03-06). "EuroChampion Jet: Το νέο εντυπωσιακό ταχύπλοο της SEAJETS κατέφτασε στο λιμάνι του Πειραιά! | ΣΚΑΪ". www.skai.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-08-11.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Psarras, Petros (2025-07-09). "TERA JET 2 : Έτοιμο να ξεκινήσει τα δρομολόγια του το νέο ταχύπλοο "θηρίο" της Seajets [video] - PireasPiraeus . the web" (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-08-11.
- ↑ sandra (2025-07-18). "HSC TERA JET 2 Introduced to Domestic Ferry Service". Ferry Shipping News. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ Seajets Fleet Ships Monthly April 2026 page 7
- ↑ "Tera Jet 2". greekpassengerships. Retrieved 2026-07-05.
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