Source: Lloyds List
LD Lines new high-speed ferry Norman Arrow left Hobart over the weekend to travel the 11,726 miles to Dover, where it is due to arrive on May 23, writes Sandra Speares.
The 11,000 gt vessel will become the largest ever fast ferry to operate on the cross-Channel route between Dover and Boulogne and the first freight carrying high-speed vessel across the Dover Straits.
LD Lines will begin its service on May 29.
Norman Arrow is also the world’s largest diesel-powered catamaran and the first Incat-built 112 m craft to operate in Europe.
When the ferry enters service, LD Lines will move from two return sailings daily by conventional ferry Cote d’Albatre to six. The fast ferry will make the crossing in one hour and will carry all types of traffic including vehicles, coaches and foot passengers, as well as freight.
The ferry will have a service speed of 40 knots and capacity of 1,200 passengers and 417 cars.
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