STX France SA has signed a contract with the French owner Brittany Ferries for a LNG ferry. Due for delivery at the end of 2016, this ship sets major milestones in the field of motorisation and energy storage and opens the way to a new generation of environmental friendly ships.
The ship bearing the name code PEGASIS (Power Efficient GAS Innovative Ship) is one of the 34 projects of the New Industrial France and results from ECORIZON programme. She materializes several years of cooperation with Brittany Ferries (BAI). The project which has received also support from GICAN, French Maritime Cluster and Regional Council of Pays de la Loire, exceeds the new regulatory requirements in terms of exhaust gas emissions settled by MARPOL convention which will be reinforced on January 1st, 2015. The “Dual-Fuel” engines using Liquefied Natural Gas as the main source of energy will cut out her SOx emissions and will reduce her NOx emissions by 80% CO2 by 20%.
With her 210 meters long and her about 31 meters width, this ferry will be provided with 675 passenger cabins and will be able to host 2,600 persons on board among whom 2,400 passengers. She will be provided also with 3 garage decks (among which a mobile car-deck) for HGVs and light vehicles. The maximum cargo capacity will be 80 trucks, and in mix-cargo configuration, the ship will be able to carry 40 trucks and 650 light vehicles.
This contract represents about 2.6 million working hours for STX France and its sub-contractors. Production is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2015. It will be enforced after settlement of the financing issues.
"After years of Research and Development at the service of such an innovative project as this environmental friendly ship, it’s a deep satisfaction to see it coming out. We are happy to renew cooperation with Brittany Ferries for whom we have built the Bretagne in 1989. The “entente cordiale” spirit existing among our respective teams is a guarantee of success for the project running. Thanks to the cooperation of various players, the French network of environmental friendly ships is about to born," declares Laurent Castaing, STX France Managing Director.