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Length Overall 148.9 m
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Length Overall 145.2 m
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Breadth 26.0 m
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Depth 7.0 m
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Design Draft 4.25 m
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Power 8,640 kW
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Speed 16 kn
The VARD 6 515 trailer ferry is designed to carry 59 truck trailers. The innovative design combines dual fuelled propulsion, efficient hullform, and a battery back-up system to minimize operational costs and environmental impact. The hybrid propulsion system permits redundancy while operating at economical speed on a single engine. Vard Marine and the owner of the first two vessels, Seaspan Ferries, collaborated extensively to analyze alternate configurations, study propulsion efficiency, and optimize lifecycle costs.