Kongsberg To Fit Brittany Ferries LNG-Fuelled Ship

Norwegian contractor Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract worth €20mn to fit out a new LNG-fuelled cruise ship being built for Brittany Ferries.

The ship, Honfleur, is the same one that will be bunkered with LNG by Total and which was ordered from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in June 2017.

Kongsberg Maritime said August 31 it has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for an integrated vessel solution from FSG, a subsidiary of Siem Group, and that it is the second RoPax contract that Kongsberg has been awarded at FSG.

The 42,400 gross tonnage LNG RoPax ferry will have an overall length of 187.4 meter and a 31m beam, with a cargo capacity of 2,200 lane meters, and an additional dedicated car deck for 300 cars. It will have 255 passenger cabins and a total capacity of 1,800 passengers and crew.

The contract includes supply and integration of the LNG Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS), electrical, telecom and integrated control systems, project management, interface management and engineering services at all stages. The engineering and construction phase is estimated to last two years.

Mark Smedley