MV Finneco I
© Gerolf Drebes (Vlissingen, 10/06/2023)
Steel twin screw “Eco-Class” motor vessel built in 2022 by Nanjing Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing, China.(Yard No JLZ8180407) as a Ro-Ro ship.
Technical Data
- Length: 238 m (overall) 229.75 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 34 m
- Depth: 9.3 m
- Draught: 7.3 m
- Tonnage: 60516 gross/ net/17359t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x MAN B&W 9S50ME-C9,6 two-stroke diesels
- Power: 25560 kW/HP
- Speed: 20.8 knots
- Capacity: 5800.lane meters & 5,600m2 of car decks & about 300 TEU on weather deck
- Call Sign: OJTO
- MMSI Number: 230694000
- IMO Number: 9856830
- RI Number: 97927
- Port of Registry: Helsinki/Finland 🇫🇮
- Sister-Ship: Finneco II (JLZ8180408), Finneco III (JLZ818409)
Current AIS Location
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History
The first of three Knud E. Hansen designed Eco-Class hybrid Ro/Ro vessels ordered by Finnlines Plc
Finnlines Plc
September 21st 2020: Keel laid.
Finnlines Plc
April 26th 2021: Launched.
Finnlines Plc
September 29th 2021 – October 8th 2021: Trials.
April 28th 2022: Delivered to Finnlines Plc, Helsinki, Finland.
May 15th 2022: Left Yantai for Singapore.
June 20th 2022: Arrived Helsinki.
June 2022: Services Zeebrugge – Antwerp (Belgium), Travemunde (Germany), Hanko and Kotka (Finland), and Paldiski (Estonia), as well as other ports in Great Britain, Sweden and Norway (with transhipment in Zeebrugge).
🆕 © Tim Becker (Maiden call Travemunde, 18/06/2022)
© Tim Becker (Travemunde, 25/06/2022)
July 5th 2022: Maiden arrival at Bilbao.
© Prieto (Santander, 29/11/2022)
September 23rd 2024: To be one of the three Finn Eco-class vessels which will operate the weekly service between the London Medway Port, Sheerness and Finland, with onward connections to Belgium and Spain.
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Tim Becker, Dover Strait Shipping, Gerolf Drebes, Prieto and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
