February 15, 2018
Wight Shipyard Co has secured its first multi-million pound export order for a 250-passenger river catamaran to operate for Central Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH’s Twin City Liner – a tourist service running on the River Danube between Vienna and Bratislava.
Some particulars:
- Low wash round bilge 39.99m catamaran designed by Incat Crowther.
- Built for challenging Danube, with water depths sometimes as low as 1m, and lots of floating debris.
- Powered by four Scania DI16 072M main engines, each producing 809 kW at 2300 rpm. Maximum speed of 38 knots, service speed of 32.4 knots at modest MCR.
- Delivered in time for the 2019 summer season.
