Railway/car and passenger ferry for the line Ust-Luga – Baltiysk – ports of Germany. Project 00650

Ship class

Purpose

All-year-round carriage of freight cars of 1520 mm track gauge including tanks, refrigerated cars and units between specially equipped ports on the line Ust-Luga-Baltiysk-ports of Germany; transportation of passengers, passenger cars and trucks, semi-trailers, other motor vehicles and crawler machines, as well as dangerous cargoes of 1…9 classes (during voyages without passengers).

Capacity

• Multipurpose freight cars L=14.73 m – 100 pcs.
• Multipurpose freight cars L=12.02 m – 122 pcs.
• Semi-trailers – 92 pcs.
• Passenger cars – 292 pcs.
• Passengers – 332 pers.

Passenger accommodation

Deluxe cabins, single-berth cabins of enhanced comfort, business and economy class double cabins, three-berth family cabins, economy class quadruple cabins. Provision is made for a lounge, restaurants, cafes, a dining-hall, a bar, a shop, gyms, promenade areas, saunas, a ship’s hospital, a dental room.

Special systems

• automated heeling and trim system;

• cars pneumatic braking;

• railway signaling;

• train spaces ventilation;

• CCTV system for cargo spaces, sideports and areas of connection with bridge;

• strength and stability control.

Design stage

Engineering design was developed in 2010.

Main Features

• Length overall – ab. 202.0 m
• Breadth moulded – 27.0 m
• Design/summer draft – 7.0/7.3 m
• Deadweight – ab. 8470/9830 t
• Length of railway lines – 1720 m
• Length of truck lines for rolling cargo – 1640 m
• Speed – ab. 20 kn
• Endurance in river/sea – 12 days
• Quantity of berths – 66 pcs.

Power plant

• Type - diesel geared unit
• Power, pcs. x kW – 2x11600
• Heavy fuel oil

Chief Designer

Sergey A. Milavin