United Arab Emirates-based shipyard Abu Dhabi MAR moving into the fast ferry market by starting a service linking Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Iran at the end of this year. The new service, yet to be named, will use three former Canadian fast ferries built in 1999-2000 for west coast operator BC Ferries, but were never successful due to their high fuel costs.
Pacificat Explorer, Pacificat Discovery and Pacificat Voyager are being shipped from Vancouver to the Abu Dhabi MAR shipyard aboard a heavy lift vessel for extensive refits before entering service towards the end of this year on a service linking Abu Dhabi with Doha, Qatar; Manama, Bahrain and Bandar Abbas, Iran.
All three 122.5m fast ferries can each carry 1,000 passengers and 250 cars at a service speed of 37 knots.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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