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 Eurochampion Jet in Paros | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Limassol,  CYP [1] |
| Route | Pireaus-Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Thira-Ios-Naxos-Mykonos-Tinos-Syros-Pireaus:[1] |
| Builder | Incat, Tasmania, Australia |
| Yard number | 048 |
| Laid down | 28 July 1997[2] |
| Launched | 28 March 1998[2] |
| In service | 1998 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9176058 [1] |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Incat Catamaran |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 91 m (299 ft) [1] |
| Beam | 26 m (85 ft) [1] |
| Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft) [1] |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 4 × 7 MW |
| Propulsion | 4 × Ruston 20RK270[1] |
| Speed | 48.1 knots (89.1 km/h; 55.4 mph) [1] |
| Capacity | 220 cars, 800 pax |
Eurochampion Jet is a high-speed catamaran ferry owned and operated by Seajets. Launched on 1 December 1997 at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania.[3] It has spent the majority of her career serving the Aarhus-Odden route with Mols Linien. It has frequently been chartered to other operators in the Baltic Sea and English Channel. In 2024, it was purchased by Seajets and currently operates in the Aegean Sea.
History
[edit]Initially chartered to Cat-Link as Cat-Link IV she entered service between Århus and Kalundborg in May 1998.[3] The following January the charter passed to Mols Linien and it was thus renamed Max Mols, entering service on its standing Århus-Odden route in April 1999.[3]
It has since had three major charters each for the summer seasons of 2000, 2002 and 2004 before returning to Denmark. In 2000 the ship operated between North Sydney and Channel-Port aux Basques in Canada for Marine Atlantic, in 2002 it was chartered to Riga Sea Line for a route between Riga and Nynäshamn and the final charter was to P&O Ferries as the Max Mols (Caen Express) operating a high speed service between Portsmouth and Caen, returning to Mols Linien at the end of October.[3]
From 2004 to 2023, the ship operated the Århus-Odden and Bornholm routes as before.[3]
Sister ships
[edit]Eurochampion Jet is one of four 91 metre wave piercing catamarans built by Incat.[1][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "HSC Max Mols". Ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 "MAX MOLS (20063)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Max Mols". SimplonPC.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ↑ Koefoed-Hansen, Michael (27 October 2024). "Max solgt til Seajets". Færgenyt (in Danish).
- ↑ "91 Metre Wave Piercing Catamaran". Incat. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
External links
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Media related to IMO 9176058 at Wikimedia Commons
