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MV Ulysses is a RORO car ferry currently owned and operated by Irish Ferries. The ship was launched on 1 September 2000 at Aker Finnyards shipyard in Rauma, Finland and services the Dublin–Holyhead route. The vessel stands 12 decks high, at a height of 167.5 feet [2] (approx 51 metres) from keel to mast. The vessel has five vehicle decks ...
In terms of gross tonnage, the largest ferry [1] in the world is the 75,156-ton Color Magic, built by Aker Finnyards of Finland, and operated by Color Line on the route between Oslo in Norway and Kiel in Germany. [2] [3] Its sister ship Color Fantasy comes a close second in tonnage. As a measure of the total internal volume of a ship, gross ...
The largest ro-ro passenger car ferry in the world, MS Color Magic, in Oslo, Norway Bastø Fosen is a Norwegian ferry company that operates smaller ro-ro passenger car ferries on a short route between the towns Horten and Moss in Norway, connecting the two cities and metropolitan areas of Tønsberg and Fredrikstad .
Irish Ferries' flagship, Ulysses, is currently the largest ROPAX ferry operating on the Irish Sea and when launched in 2001 was the world's largest car ferry in terms of car-carrying capacity. Other ships in the fleet include W.B. Yeats , Isle of Inishmore , Isle of Innisfree , Isle of Inisheer and the fast ferry Dublin Swift (preceded by HSC ...
In 1871, the world's first car ferry crossed the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The iron steamship, named Suhulet (meaning 'ease' or 'convenience') was designed by the general manager of Şirket-i Hayriye (Bosporus Steam Navigation Company), Giritli Hüseyin Haki Bey and built by the Greenwich shipyard of Maudslay, Sons and Field. [2]
The Caledonian MacBrayne fleet is the largest fleet of car and passenger ferries in the United Kingdom, with 36 ferries in operation. [1] A further 5 vessels are currently under construction for the fleet.
Admission: $10/adults, $5/kids, $60 for private car. ... The Dubai Eye is the world’s largest Ferris wheel. It opened in 2021 on tiny Bluewaters Island in the Arabian Gulf. If conditions are ...
E-ferry Ellen (Danish: Elfærgen Ellen) is a pioneering electric car ferry. She operates the 22- nautical-mile (41 km) route between the islands of Ærø and Als in Southern Denmark . History